Diabetes Insipidus, is it the same as other Diabetes?

Diabetes Insipidus, is it the same as other Diabetes? - Hello, Healthy Friend! Diabetes is a contagious disease that is widely known to the public. Usually people are more familiar with this disease with two types, namely Diabetes Mellitus (DM) type 1 and type 2.
In addition, there are also types of this disease that occur during pregnancy or called gestational diabetes. The equation of the two, namely, causes increased blood sugar levels and less effective work of the hormone insulin. But what if there is a type of this disease that is not related to blood sugar levels and the hormone insulin? Want to know the answer? Come, see the explanation here!

What is diabetes insipidus?
The type of insipidus is actually not the same as mellitus. Yep, this type of diabetes, caused by kidney function that is not as usual, such as producing excessive urinary volume, tasteless, watery, and not smelly. In normal people, ginja can produce 1-2 liters of urine per day. But in patients with this type, the kidneys produce 3-20 liters of urine per day. Well, because of this excessive fluid expenditure, making sufferers often feel thirsty.

This is the cause,
Diabetes insipidus is caused due to a problem with a hormone called vasiopressin (AVP) or antidiuretic hormone (ADH). AVP hormone works to regulate fluid regulation in the body. When the fluid condition in the body is less / low, the pituitary gland (gland under the brain) will produce this hormone.
The AVP hormone makes the body react by reducing the amount of water released by the kidneys so that urine is more concentrated. Whereas in diabetes, due to the disruption of the AVP hormone, causing the kidneys can not produce enough concentrated urine, but issued a lot of urine.

It has nothing to do with sugar levels, why is it called diabetes?

These two types of diabetes, insipidus and mellitus, are not related to each other. However, the symptoms caused by both are the same, namely frequent urination and feeling thirsty. In this type of mellitus, this disease is caused by high blood sugar levels, due to the inability of the body to use blood sugar to be used as energy. While people with diabetes insipidus have normal blood sugar levels, but their kidneys can not maintain body fluid balance.

The following are the types,

• Cranial diabetes insipidus occurs because the body does not produce enough AVP. This type is the most common. The reason is because of damage to the hypotalamus or pituitary gland in the brain due to infection, post surgery, brain tumors, and cereda head. In 1 of these 3 cases, it is still unknown why the hypothalamus  stops producing the AVP hormone.
• Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus; occurs because the kidneys fail to respond to the AVP hormone, even though the hormones produced in sufficient quantities.

Recommended diet

There is no specific diet recommended for this disease. Unlike the DM diet which must regulate eating patterns with the principle of 5j, sufferers of this disease do not have any restrictions on the intake of nutrients from carbohydrates and fats for consumption in normal amounts. A lot of fluid intake is highly recommended to compensate for the amount of urine output by the kidneys.

Now that's the type of diabetes you need to know. It turns out that although the symptoms are the same, the causes occur and the dietary patterns applied are also different, Healthy Friends. But you still have to be aware of this disease, yes, by applying healthy pollywood and keep exercising diligently! Do not forget to  share  this article and give your comments, yes!