What are the symptoms of diabetes insipidus in women?

For many people, diabetes insipidus is a relatively unfamiliar word and they don’t know what kind of disease it is. Diabetes insipidus is a relatively common disease that affects both men and women, young and old. The onset of diabetes insipidus is relatively slow. At the beginning, you will feel frequent urination. Diabetes insipidus is quite harmful to the human body, especially when women suffer from diabetes insipidus, it will also affect their menstruation.

Symptom 1

There are many symptoms of diabetes insipidus in women. Clinically, the main symptoms of diabetes insipidus in women are thirst, excessive drinking, and frequent urination. Frequent trips to the toilet, day or night. The symptoms of polyuria in women are mainly frequent urination, with a 24-hour urine output of 5 to 10 L, and some patients even more. The urine does not contain sugar or protein. When doing a urine test, the urine specific gravity is usually between 1.001 and 1.005, and the corresponding urine osmotic pressure is 50 to 200 mOsm/L, which is significantly lower than the plasma osmotic pressure (290 to 310 mOsm/L). Many patients suffer from thirst, polydipsia and polyuria, which affect their daily activities and sleep.

Symptom 2

Most patients with diabetes insipidus like to drink cold drinks and cool water. Patients suffer from polyuria and polydipsia, and the amount of water they drink in 24 hours can reach several liters to 10L or more. If women's water intake is restricted, urine specific gravity can rise to 1.010 and urine osmotic pressure can rise to 300mOsm/L. When dehydration occurs or the glomerular filtration rate decreases significantly, the urine specific gravity can reach above 1.010.

Symptom three

With adequate water intake, female patients can live their daily lives like normal people, but sometimes have mild dehydration symptoms, such as decreased saliva and sweat, dry skin, and poor sleep. Frequent urination affects the patient's ability to rest well, and over time, it affects the patient's life and work, causing symptoms such as headaches and insomnia.

Symptom 4

If the patient does not get enough water, it may cause hyperosmotic symptoms such as headache, palpitations, accelerated heart rate, and shock. If you drink too much water, hypotonic symptoms will appear, headache will worsen, mental confusion and consciousness will change, and you may eventually fall into a coma or even die.

Symptom Five

Women with diabetes insipidus may also experience irregular menstruation. Therefore, women should be vigilant when they experience symptoms such as frequent urination, dry mouth and excessive drinking.