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Universal Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus

Increased thirst

Increased drinking

Increased urination

Variable Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus

Bed-wetting

Getting up at night to urinate

The Universal and Variable Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus occur:

in the absence of high blood and/or urine sugar

are sometimes associated with various other symptoms due to concomitant damage to other hormones or organs.

Potential Results of Increased Sodium Levels:

An unmanaged sodium level may result in dehydration. A sodium level greater than 140-150 mEq/1 indicates dehydration.  If it gets no higher than 155 mEq/1, the dehydration is relatively mild and is unlikely to cause a severe problem but it could and probably would produce slight brain damage that could gradually increase over long periods of time.  Therefore, an effort should be made to keep the sodium below 150 mEq/1.

Last Updated December 2006