Symptom
Polyuria
The excessive excretion of urine, typically defined as a urine output exceeding 3 liters per 24 hours in adults. Often due to osmotic diuresis (uncontrolled diabetes mellitus) or water diuresis (diabetes insipidus, primary polydipsia), medications (diuretics), high fluid intake, psychogenic polydipsia, early stage kidney failure, and hypercalcemia.
Also known as: Diuresis, Hyperdiuresis, High urine output
Referencing diagnoses
- Adrenal cortical carcinoma
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Bladder cancer
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Endometriosis
- Glucagonoma
- Graves disease
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypervolemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypopituitarism
- Lead toxicity
- Metabolic acidosis
- Myoma uteri
- Parathyroid cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pituitary adenoma
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Prostate cancer
- Pyelonephritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Ruptured ovarian cyst
- Urinary retention
- Urinary tract infection
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