How Hypokalemia Causes Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
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How hypokalemia causes nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Clinical presentation and follow up of 30 patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Hypokalemia as well as hypercalcemia can cause nephrogenic di due to decreased expression of aquaporin 2 channels. Talk to our chatbot to narrow down your search. J am soc nephrol 1999.
Causes of reversible nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Adh is produced in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. Possible causes include conn syndrome. It s stored in the pituitary gland.
Garofeanu cg weir m rosas arellano mp et al. Am j kidney dis 2005. Hypercalcaemia a condition where there s too much calcium in the blood high calcium levels can damage the kidneys hypokalemia a condition where there s not enough potassium in the blood all the cells in the body including kidney cells require potassium to function properly. One of the renal impairments caused by hypokalemia is a reduction in urinary concentrating ability and a lack of response to the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin avp resulting in.
Diabetes insipidus is caused by problems related to a hormone called antidiuretic hormone or adh.