Psychogenic polydipsia may occasionally be referred to as "'psychosis-intermittent hyponatremia-polydipsia ( PIP ) syndrome "'or "'compulsive water drinking " '.
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Central pontine myelinolysis presents most commonly as a complication of treatment of patients with profound, life-threatening hyponatremia ( low sodium ), which may be the result of chronic or untreated polydipsia.
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Under experimental conditions where birds receive reinforcements on a strict schedule, for example receiving one pellet of food each minute often indicated by a tone or other stimulus, the birds may develop polydipsia.
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The causation of interim activities ( such as the schedule-induced polydipsia seen in a similar situation with rats ) also cannot be traced to adventitious reinforcement and its details are still obscure ( Staddon, 1977 ).
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The most common presenting symptoms are : rapid weight loss, tachycardia ( rapid heart rate ), vomiting, diarrhea, increased consumption of fluids ( polydipsia ) and food, and increased urine production ( polyuria ).
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The terms primary polydipsia and psychogenic polydipsia are sometimes incorrectly used interchangeably-to be considered psychogenic, the patient needs to have some other psychiatric symptoms, such as psychosis, delusions involving fluid intake or other unusual and repetitive behaviours.
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The terms primary polydipsia and psychogenic polydipsia are sometimes incorrectly used interchangeably-to be considered psychogenic, the patient needs to have some other psychiatric symptoms, such as psychosis, delusions involving fluid intake or other unusual and repetitive behaviours.
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If it is out of persistent severe thirst, some medical problems tend to need looking into ( diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus ); if it is a bit of an obsession, OCD or psychogenic polydipsia may come into play.
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It could affect patients who take some prescription medicines that are able to cross the blood-brain barrier and cause abnormal thirst reception-in this scenario the CPM is caused by polydipsia leading to low blood sodium levels ( hyponatremia ).
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Decreased specific gravity ( hyposthenuria, i . e . decreased concentration of solutes in urine ) may be associated with renal failure, pyelonephritis, diabetes insipidus, acute tubular necrosis, interstitial nephritis, and excessive fluid intake ( e . g ., psychogenic polydipsia ).
