When female diabetes insipidus occurs, they tend to urinate too frequently, which means they always want to go to the bathroom. And the time to go to the bathroom is still very close. Their daily life is no different from that of ordinary people. But frequent use of the restroom to drain water is a prominent symptom. Many women want to know, how many types of diabetes insipidus are there? Let's take a look together below:
How many types of female diabetes insipidus are there
1. Primary diabetes insipidus: This type of diabetes insipidus accounts for about 1/3 to 1/2 of the causes, usually occurring in children and rarely accompanied by anterior pituitary dysfunction. This diagnosis can only be determined when the secondary cause is not present after careful investigation. When there is a decrease in anterior pituitary function or hyperprolactinemia, or when there is evidence of intrasellar or suprasellar lesions through radiological examination, the cause should be searched as much as possible. The longer the primary factor cannot be found through close follow-up, the more definite the diagnosis of primary diabetes insipidus is. There are reports that patients with primary diabetes insipidus have reduced neurons in the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus, and antibodies to hypothalamic nuclei are present in circulation.
2. Secondary diabetes insipidus: It occurs in the hypothalamus or pituitary neogenesis or invasive damage, including chromophobe tumor, craniopharyngioma, embryoma, pineal tumor, glioma, meningioma, metastatic tumor, the cause of diabetes insipidus, leukemia, histiocytosis, sarcoidosis, xanthoma, sarcoidosis, and infectious diseases of the brain (tuberculosis, syphilis, angiopathy).
3. Hereditary diabetes insipidus: This type of diabetes insipidus is very rare and can be a single genetic defect or a part of DIDMOAD syndrome.
Symptoms of female diabetes insipidus
There are many symptoms of female diabetes insipidus, and clinically, the main symptoms are irritability, thirst, excessive drinking, and polyuria. Women have a lot of urine during the day and night, and always want to go to the bathroom. The main symptoms of polyuria are an increase in the frequency of urination, and female urine output is also high, with a 24-hour urine output of up to 5-10L. Urine does not contain sugar or protein. During the examination, it was found that the urine specific gravity of these women ranged from 1.001 to 1.005, and the corresponding urine osmotic pressure was between 50-200mOsm/L, which was significantly lower than the plasma osmotic pressure (290-310mOsm/L).
Although female diabetes insipidus may seem strange, it can still be treated with medication. The process of this discovery requires patients to pay more attention to themselves, otherwise there won't be much difference between them and normal people in daily life. If you feel unwell, the best way is to go to the hospital for a check-up. Female diabetes insipidus is also not to be afraid of.
