Psychogenic Polydipsia – Management Challenges

Compulsive water drinking or psychogenic polydipsia is now increasingly seen in psychiatric populations. Effects of increased water intake can lead to hyponatremia causing symptoms of nausea, vomiting, seizures, delirium and can even be life threatening if not recognized and managed early. Here we p...

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Autores principales: BHATIA*, M.S., GOYAL, Aparna, SAHA, Rashmita, DOVAL, Nimisha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904515
http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.216106
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author BHATIA*, M.S.
GOYAL, Aparna
SAHA, Rashmita
DOVAL, Nimisha
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description Compulsive water drinking or psychogenic polydipsia is now increasingly seen in psychiatric populations. Effects of increased water intake can lead to hyponatremia causing symptoms of nausea, vomiting, seizures, delirium and can even be life threatening if not recognized and managed early. Here we present a 35-year old adult who was diagnosed with psychogenic polydipsia and was successfully managed with a combination of pharmacotherapy, fluid restriction and psychosocial management.
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spelling pubmed-55794642017-09-13 Psychogenic Polydipsia – Management Challenges BHATIA*, M.S. GOYAL, Aparna SAHA, Rashmita DOVAL, Nimisha Shanghai Arch Psychiatry Case Report Compulsive water drinking or psychogenic polydipsia is now increasingly seen in psychiatric populations. Effects of increased water intake can lead to hyponatremia causing symptoms of nausea, vomiting, seizures, delirium and can even be life threatening if not recognized and managed early. Here we present a 35-year old adult who was diagnosed with psychogenic polydipsia and was successfully managed with a combination of pharmacotherapy, fluid restriction and psychosocial management. Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2017-06-25 2017-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5579464/ /pubmed/28904515 http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.216106 Text en © Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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