If you're asking yourself why you pee so much, you could have a condition called polyuria. That's the medical term for making a larger amount of pee than usual. Adults usually make no more than 3 ...

A blood test for copeptin, a precursor of antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin), differentiates between "harmless" polydipsia-polyuria and diabetes insipidus more quickly and accurately than a ...

Excessive urination volume (or polyuria) occurs when you urinate more than normal. Urine volume is considered excessive if it equals more than 2.5 liters per day. A “normal” urine volume depends on ...

The “three Ps” of diabetes are polydipsia, polyuria, and polyphagia. Respectively, these terms refer to increases in thirst, urination, and appetite. The three Ps of diabetes are the most common ...

The present paper is concerned with studies on a patient with chronic potassium depletion in whom a demonstrable extrarenal disturbance of water metabolism contributed significantly to the polyuric ...

Polydipsia is the medical term for excessive thirst that a person cannot quench by drinking. Treatment will depend on the underlying cause of the condition. It is not a disease but a symptom of ...

Mrs. T, aged 40 years, presented to the clinic with complaints of polyuria, polydipsia and blurred vision, progressively worsening over a period of weeks. An obese woman with a family history of ...