Polydipsia

Excessive thirst and the need to drink large volumes of fluid are a compensatory response to the dehydration that occurs due to polyuria.

Polydipsia and polyuria are the cardinal symptoms of diabetes.

Related Conditions:

• Type 1 diabetes mellitus
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Maturity onset diabetes of youth
• Steroid induced diabetes
• Gestational diabetes mellitus
• Mitochondrial diabetes
• Latent auto immune diabetes of adulthood (LADA)