Market News (Du Yijun, Dai Rui, Lu Xianhong) - Drinking nearly 8 thermoses of water daily, feeling insatiable thirst even with a water cup always at hand, needing to use the restroom every half hour, and producing enough urine at night to fill three small buckets... A 37-year-old woman surnamed Cao from Qianshan County has been tormented by this strange illness for 20 years.
On August 28th of this year, Ms. Cao went to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. Endocrinology expert Director Pan Tianrong, after a detailed inquiry into Ms. Cao's medical history and based on years of medical experience, preliminarily diagnosed her with "central diabetes insipidus." This diagnosis was confirmed through various tests and brain pituitary MRI scans.
According to Director Pan Tianrong, diabetes insipidus is a condition caused by a deficiency in one of the posterior pituitary hormones, antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which leads to an increase in renal water excretion. Subsequently, Ms. Cao underwent ADH replacement therapy, and her condition quickly showed significant improvement, gradually allowing her to resume a normal life.