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Abstract
A clinical disorder characterized by excessive fluid intake (polydipsia); HYPONATREMIA; and POLYURIA in SCHIZOPHRENIA and other psychiatric disorders. Impaired water metabolism in psychogenic polydipsia can result in WATER INTOXICATION.
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- Polydipsia, Primary
- Polydipsia, Psychogenic
- Polydipsias, Primary
- Polydipsias, Psychogenic
- Primary Polydipsia
- Primary Polydipsias
- Psychogenic Polydipsias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
Do not confuse with POLYDIPSIA
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History Note
2012
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Previous Indexing
- Thirst (1963-2011)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Psychogenic Polydipsia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059607. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059607
- Psychogenic Polydipsia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_polydipsia
- Psychogenic Polydipsia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929963