Understanding Diabetes Insipidus

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This video contains a detailed and simplified explanation about diabetes insipidus. We discuss the differences between cranial and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, the signs and symptoms, testing for diabetes insipidus including an explanation of urine and blood osmolality and the water deprivation test (also known as the desmopressin stimulation test) and how we manage diabetes insipidus.

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20 Comments

  1. Bidziil Garnvik

    What can diabetics eat for breakfast?

  2. My Universe

    Did anyone have this symptom like Desmopresin only works in summers but not in entire winters or m I the only one? My cause was cortisol induced CDI or still my cortisol inference with ADH

  3. NoName99 NoFace88

    i am always thirsty for icy cold liquids and urinate 6 to 10 time per night. I have high blood sugar in the 300s no matter how long i fast . im physically exhausted and mentally drained . maybe this is the problem

  4. MANSOOR ISLAM

    Recently my son who is 7 years old got diagnosed with diabetes insipedus. Dr asked to go with water deprivation test to diagnose properly. Is it safe to go with water deprivation test at this young age.

  5. BURNING

    الله يوفقك دنيا واخره بجاه الحسين عليه السلام والله تعبت من هذا الموضوع وشرحك بدقائق فهمني

  6. Medical Science

    Hello, thanks for amazing lecture.
    Can you tell why you mentioned primary polydipsia as key diagnosis ? Does this habit or ritual leads to diabetes insipidus ??

  7. Carrie Jahnke

    We're testing our dog for DI right now testing with desmopressin. This really helped me understand what the vet was talking about!

  8. Health, Wealth, and Real Estate

    CDI since 3 as well, been over 40 years with it now. Got it from a very high fever at that young age for a long period of time. I think I'll do a YouTube on how this eventually also turned to Type 2 for me because of my ignorance about diet soda.

  9. Jenny Ferruso

    THANK YOU!!! I WAS BORN WITH THIS 9/5/74 AND NOT DISCOVERED TIL 3/26/1996 AND NOW DISABLED FROM SEIZURE 10YRS TO THE WAY DISCOVED AND THE DRS GAVE ME MEDS AND 3MTHS IN HOSPITAL THANKFULLY GOT TO LIFE!!!! THAT GOD!!! PEACE BE WITH YOU!!!

  10. MysticiaDev Side

    This really was helpful, man. Thank you. I have Cranial DI. Five years ago in November of 2017, I started drinking lots of water after I was diagnosed with Brain Cancer. Now I know for a fact that, yes, the tumor did effect my Hypothalamus in my brain and that’s what I causing Cranial DI. I have had a Fluid Deprivation Test recently and I’ve been given a prescription for Desmopressin. Tomorrow I start taking it. Wish me good health and good luck!

  11. Malak Rfd

    Thank you so much, That was so helpfu! <3

  12. Fooтвall нigнLigнтs

    Great explanation

  13. Janet Tempest

    What about treatment 🤷‍♀️

  14. Gabriela Rodriguez

    Thank you so much! Perfect explanation! You helped a lot!

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