Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi
2006 , Vol 49 , Num 4
Psychogenic polydipsia: a case report
1Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Pediatri Profesörü2Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Pediatri Doçenti
3Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Pediatri Araştırma Görevlisi Ergin H, Semiz S, Dağdeviren E. (Department of Pediatrics, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey). Psychogenic polydipsia: a case report. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2006; 49: 319-321.
Psychogenic polydipsia is an uncommon clinical disorder characterized by excessive water-drinking in the absence of a physiologic stimulus to drink. The excessive water-drinking is well tolerated unless hyponatremia supervenes. The diagnosis of psychogenic polydipsia is one of exclusion and requires specialist investigation and management; the most important test is the water deprivation test, which should be undertaken carefully. Water intoxication has occurred in a case administered desmopressin treatment without water deprivation test. The importance of differential diagnosis in polydipsia is emphasized.
Anahtar Kelimeler : psikojenik, polidipsi, antidiüretik hormon, psychogenic, polydipsia, antidiuretic hormone