Frequent Urinating, Weakness Afterwards. Colorless Urine. Is This Diabetes Insipidus?

Posted on Mon, 18 Jun 2012

Question: I have frequent urinations quite often. When ever this frequent urination happens there will be severe urgency to urinate, urine is colourless ( like water), i tend to become very weak ( muscles) Once i take some food urge to urinate stops and its normal. This happens very regularly . IS this diabetes insipidus ? I am 25 year old male, I am suffering from this for 5-6 years now , I have consulted doctors but it did not help. ?

Answered by Dr. Jasvinder Singh (15 minutes later)

Hello,

Thanks for posting your query.

What you seem to be having is called polyuria. It can be due to excessive consumption of fluids, intake of diuretic fluids like caffeine, chocolate, coffee, tea, soft drinks, hot spicy foods; juices high in acid and alcoholic beverages.

But from your symptoms of increased frequency of urination and weakness associated, it is important to rule out diabetes mellitus as well. Diabetes insipidus is a less likely possibility because it is often associated with excessive thirst along with excessive urination.

To completely rule it out, you can get water deprivation test and urine analysis done. This test helps determine the cause of diabetes insipidus. Along with this, you need to get a fasting blood sugar and a HBA1c (Glycosylated Hemoglobin) done.

Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us.

Please accept my answer in case you have no follow up query.

Wishing you good health.

Regards.

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Follow up: Dr. Jasvinder Singh (10 minutes later)

First of all thank you doctor for your valuable answer.

Will the above mentioned tests confirm if I have polyuria/dibetes mellitus/diabetes insipidus ? I live in hyderabad where do you suggest me to get these tests done.

if at all I have polyuria do we have any medication to treat it ?

Thanks in advance !

Answered by Dr. Jasvinder Singh (16 hours later)

Hello,

Thanks for writing back.

The above mentioned investigations will confirm whether you have diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus.

You can consult a physician in Hyderabad and get investigated in good labs like Dr Reddy's or click on the link mentioned below to find out nearby general physicians.

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Depending on the cause of polyuria, treatment can be planned. If diabetes is ruled out then other possibilities which need to be ruled out are prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland), interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder syndrome, stroke and other neurological diseases, urinary incontinence and bladder dysfunction.

Accordingly you might need to take measures such as control of excessive liquid intake, reduction in diuretic substances/drugs, treatment of any infection (with short-course antibiotics), removal of any urinary tract obstruction, treatment of diabetes, etc.

Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us.

Please accept my answer in case you have no follow up query.

Wishing you good health.

Regards.

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