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Updated: June 10, 2025
In the latter, it is very formidable, and is rarely, if ever, cured by medicines; especially when of long standing. In this latter variety of the disease, the urea is absent from the urine, and in its place is found more or less of sugar often large quantities: Dunglison says 2-1/2 oz. in a pint. The electrical state of the disease, in both of these forms, is negative in excess. D. insipidus.
This salt-free diet has been recommended not only in nephritis and heart disease, but also in diabetes insipidus and in epilepsy.
One year previous his weight was 105 pounds, but when last seen he weighed 284 pounds and was increasing a half pound daily. Despite his continuous eating, this boy constantly complained of hunger. Polydipsia is an abnormal thirst; it may be seen in persons otherwise normal, or it may be associated with diseases such as diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus.
It is of value if there is edema in nephritis; it is of doubtful value in heart disease; it is rarely of value in diabetes insipidus; and in epilepsy its value consists probably in allowing the bromid that may be administered to have better activity in smaller doses, the bromin salt being substituted in the metabolism for the chlorin salt.
Place P. P. as in d. insipidus, and treat the kidneys with N. P. about five to eight minutes, three times a week; supplementing this with general tonic treatment, once or twice a week. Be patient and persevering. In bad cases, months will be required to effect a cure; but persistent effort, as above prescribed, will rarely if ever fail, unless the vital force is nearly expended.
Mackenzie quotes a case from Trousseau, in which an individual afflicted with diabetes insipidus passed 32 liters of urine daily and drank enormous quantities of water. This patient subjected himself to severe regimen for eight months, although one day, in his agonies, he seized the chamber-pot and drank its contents at once.
Place N. P. low upon the bladder, and treat with P. P. upon the inflamed and painful point five to eight minutes, once or twice a day. If treating twice a day, continue not more than five minutes at a time. This disease occurs in two forms diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus. In the first named form, the disease is readily cured.
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