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There are four (4) fundamentally different types of Diabetes Insipidus (DI).  Each has a different cause and must be treated in a different way.  These four forms are:

Neurogenic DI also known as central, hypothalamic, pituitary or neurohypophyseal is caused by a deficiency of the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin.

Nephrogenic DI also known as vasopressin-resistant. It is caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to the effect of the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin.

Dipsogenic DI is a form of primary polydipsia. It is caused by abnormal thirst and the excessive intake of water or other liquids.

Gestagenic DI also known as gestational. It is caused by a deficiency of the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin, that occurs only during pregnancy.

The following items provide a series of articles and stories about diabetes insipidus. The information is listed according to the type of DI, as appropriate.

 
All Types of DI
All Bottled Up

The Differences Between Diabetes Insipidus and Sugar Diabetes

Gear Up For Sports! Don't Let DI Keep You Down

How To Understand Medical Research

What To Expect With DI Before You're Expecting

Your Kids, DI, and School
Neurogenic DI
The Brattleboro Rat
DDAVP and Memory
Familial Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus
DI in Children with Septo-Optic Displasia
Water Intoxication
Wolfram Syndrome
Important DI Facts To Know
Neurogenic Patient's Perspective
Joseph's Story
Sarah's Story

Jon Johnson's Story

DI - Not A Head Condition

Experiences With Central DI Following Surgery

Living with CDI in the Phillipines

The Rudkin Family CDI Story

A Scholarship to Remember Kaela

Living with Sarcoidosis and DI

Me and Sarcoidosis: A Lifetime Partnership

Sarcoidosis, DI, and Me

Sarcoidosis as a Cause of Diabetes Insipidus
Nephrogenic DI
About Lithium NDI
Treating NDI: Emphasizing the First Year of Life
Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI) and the Collecting System
Three Boys Learning to Eat

Low Sodium Cookbooks
Eating and NDI
Cutting Out the Salt, Finding the Flavor of Life
To Eat or Not to Eat: Parents of Children with NDI Share Their Experiences
Eli Is Beginning to Eat
Augi: Eating with Distraction
Everyone Knows I Can’t Eat
Nephrogenic Patient Perspectives
Eli's Successful First Year
An NDI Family
On His 5th Birthday...
Our Hurricane Baby
Colton's Last Day
About Ryan

My Life With NDI

NDI Is Normal In This Family
Dipsogenic DI  
Gestagenic DI

Last Updated December 2006