Somatic findings in patients with psychogenic polydipsia.

作者：Alexander Blum, Fred W. Tempey, William J. Lynch · 发表于：PubMed · 年份：1983 · 被引用次数：85 · 研究领域：Electrolyte and hormonal disorders

An epidemiologic investigation found a 17.5% prevalence of psychogenic polydipsia in 241 hospitalized psychiatric patients. A randomly selected sample of 10 polydipsic patients revealed such associated disorders as sporadic convulsive seizures, comatose states, hydronephrosis, enuresis/urinary incontinence, projectile type vomiting, malnutrition and, in one case, cardiomegaly and edema. Psychogenic polydipsia is a frequently overlooked disorder, and the somatic consequences of the excessive fluid intake are usually ascribed to other causes.