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===Diabetes Insipidus=== | ===Diabetes Insipidus=== | ||
Diabetes insipidus refers to a rare disorder in which an individual excretes a large amount of dilute and odorless urine. There are four different types of diabetes insipidus; central, nephrogenic, dipsogenic and gestational. High concentrations of sodium and potassium are characteristic of all types of | Diabetes insipidus refers to a rare disorder in which an individual excretes a large amount of dilute and odorless urine. There are four different types of diabetes insipidus; central, nephrogenic, dipsogenic and gestational. High concentrations of sodium and potassium are characteristic of all types of diabetes insipidus. Treatment with Diuril demonstrates a decrease in saluresis, such as the excretion of sodium and chloride, after approximately eight hours following the initial dose and a decrease in kaliuresis, such as the excretion of potassium ions, approximately fifteen hours following the initial dose <ref name = "seven"> Crawford, J.D., Kennedy, G.C., and Hill, L.E. (1960) Clinical results of treatment of diabetes insipidus with drugs of the chlorothiazide series, N. Engl. J. Med. 262, 737-743. </ref>. | ||
===Kidney Stones=== | ===Kidney Stones=== |