Diabetes Insipidus: Fluid Balance, Nephrogenic and Central Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

A teaching deck on diabetes insipidus as an uncommon disorder of fluid balance that leaves the patient very thirsty even after drinking and passing large volumes of urine, and on why it is unrelated to diabetes mellitus. It covers the nephrogenic and other risk factors and causes, the diagnosis, the treatments that relieve thirst and reduce urine output, and the electrolyte imbalance in sodium and potassium that follows, with its weakness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, muscle cramps and confusion.