Posterior Pituitary Disorders: Anatomy and Physiology, Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI), and Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH)Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is vital in the maintenance of the body's osmolality and water balance. Deficiency and excess of this hormone result in diabetes...
Ch 1. Diabetes Insipidus Ch 2. Diet Plans for Diabetes Pre-Diabetic Diet Plan Ideas & Recommendations Type 1 Diabetic Diet Plan Ideas & Recommendations Type 2 Diabetic Diet Plan Ideas & Recommendations Gestational Diabetes Diet Plan Ideas Ch 3. Surgical Procedures Ch 4. Treating Bites & ...
It must be distinguished from diabetes insipidus, a posterior pituitary/hypothalamic disease caused by a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). In common parlance, the term diabetes means diabetes mellitus. 44 How common is diabetes? ▪ Diabetes is one of the most common chronic metabolic ...
Definition of Diabetes Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism—the way the body uses digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food people eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. After digestion, glucose passe...
Definition Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a disorder in which secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is impaired or absent (central DI), or kidney ADH receptors fail to respond normally to circulating ADH (nephrogenic DI). In both central and nephrogenic DI, patients present with polyuria and poly...
Cremers CW, Wijdeveld PG, Pinckers AJ. Juvenile diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, hearing loss, diabetes insipidus, atonia of the urinary tract and bladder, and other abnormalities (Wolfram syndrome). A review of 88 cases from the literature with personal observations on 3 new patients. Acta ...