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Psychogenic Polydipsia - Management Challenges.

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Compulsive water drinking or psychogenic polydipsia is now increasingly seen in psychiatric populations. Effects of increased water intake can lead to hyponatremia causing symptoms of nausea, vomiting, seizures, delirium and can even be life threatening if not recognized and managed early. Here we

[Recurrent pseudocyesis with polydipsia: a case report].

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BACKGROUND Pseudocyesis is an imaginary pregnancy resulting from a strong desire or need for motherhood. Pseudocyesis has become increasingly rare in many parts of the world in which accurate pregnancy tests have become widely available. Cultures that place high value on pregnancy, or that make

A sudden death during a saline drip in a schizophrenic patient with polydipsia.

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A young woman with polydipsia died suddenly while receiving a normal saline drip in a hospital for psychiatric care. Slight symptoms due to water intoxication, more specifically, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia, appeared and her serum sodium and potassium measured 106 and 1.7 mEq/l, respectively.

The cannabis hyperemesis syndrome characterized by persistent nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and compulsive bathing associated with chronic marijuana use: a report of eight cases in the United States.

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OBJECTIVE The cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, which is associated with chronic cannabis use, was recently reported in seven case reports and one clinical series of ten patients from Australia. We further characterize this syndrome with eight well-documented cases in the United States and report

Identification of five novel arginine vasopressin gene mutations in patients with familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.

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Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (FNDI) is a genetic disorder presenting with polyuria and polydipsia and is caused by mutations in the arginine vasopressin-neurophysin II (AVP-NPII) gene. The clinical manifestations of this disorder vary greatly depending on different mutations. The

Osmotic demyelination and hypertonic dehydration in a 9-year-old girl: changes in cerebrospinal fluid myelin basic protein.

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A 9-year-old girl was admitted for the treatment of hyper-natremic dehydration. Her history was significant for psychogenic polydipsia, hyponatremia, and a renal concentrating defect. She presented with a 2-day history of altered mental status, ataxia, lethargy, fever, nausea, vomiting, and

Transient ventriculomegaly in an adolescent presenting with shunted hydrocephalus, diabetic ketoacidosis, and hyperglycemia.

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In this report, the authors describe a unique presentation of ventriculomegaly in the setting of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). A 15-year-old male, with a history of shunt placement for hydrocephalus and repair of a myelomeningocele, presented to the emergency room with DKA and was found to have

Henoch-Schöenlein purpura and diabetes mellitus in a 9-year-old African-American male.

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A 9-year-old boy with a past medical history of asthma was admitted from the emergency department (ED) for evaluation of a rash, polyarthralgia, and hyperglycemia noted at the referring hospital. The rash was reported as purpuric "bumps," which started 3 days prior to presentation. The rash had

Severe Hypercalcemia in a Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Relapse: Successful Management With Combination of Calcitonin and Bisphosphonate.

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Hypercalcemia is a rare complication of hematological malignancy in children. An 8-year-old girl with CALLA (+) Pre-B-cell ALL developed hypercalcemia during bone marrow relapse. She had nausea, vomiting, leg pain, polyuria, polydipsia, and muscle weakness. At the time of relapse, the ionized

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and PTHrP mediated malignant hypercalcemia in a seminoma.

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BACKGROUND Seminomas have been rarely associated with malignant hypercalcemia. The responsible mechanism of hypercalcemia in this setting has been described to be secondary to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D secretion. The relationship with PTHrP has not been determined or studied.The aim of this study is

[Diabetes mellitus in childhood and adolescence. Clinical types].

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It is today's general medical opinion that children's diabetes mellitus was uncommon in the past. It was generally admitted at that time the initail stages were so sudden as to make difficut its early diagnosis. It's increased incidence is at present an alarming truth; however, a parallel increase

Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus in pregnancy

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Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus (FT1DM) has received clinical attention for its low incidence and poor prognosis. Currently, few cases of FT1DM are associated with pregnancy in clinical practice, but it poses a great threat to the life of mothers and infants. Here, we present two cases of FT1DM

A novel AVPR2 missense mutation in an Asian family with inherited nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: A case report.

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X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is a rare inherited disease, and is characterized by renal resistance to arginine vasopressin (AVP). Its diagnosis can be clinically challenging. The application of molecular genetic analysis can provide a rapid and definitive

Nutritional aspects of psychiatric disorders.

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As most diet therapy texts provide little information about psychiatric illnesses and their treatment, this article is intended as a brief introduction for dietitians. Several psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, mood disorders, eating disorders, and substance abuse, may adversely affect

Duloxetine Induced Hyponatremia

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Hyponatremia can be asymptomatic or have a wide range of clinical presentations such as headaches, muscle cramps, nausea, seizures, coma, cerebral edema and may even result in death. Despite it has been suggested that duloxetine has a relatively less risk of hyponatraemia, the number of case reports

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