Talk:Diabetes insipidus

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Much original text for this article was taken from the public domain document "Diabetes Insipidus", NIH Publication No. 01-4620, December 2000, which states: "This e-text is not copyrighted. The clearinghouse encourages users of this e-pub to duplicate and distribute as many copies as desired."

This is a really good article, and in my opinion more articles should follow this example.18:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Desmopressing/dDAVP in dipsogenic DI/primary polydipsia

Walsh's handbook of clinical endocrinology states that small doses of dDAVP may be useful in primary polydipsia. However, this requires close monitoring Oliver Keenan 18:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

You aren't kidding close monitoring. I have taken care of one patient in the ICU due to hyponatremic seizures because someone treated polyuria as DI without a water deprivation test. It only took 2 doses. alteripse 02:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] and a survivor

[1]diagnosed around 16 months but first sick around 10 months old, in 2006 going for 3 years old now and happy/healthy. Another documented case of a tuberculoma causing CDI.--Smkolins 02:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)