Diabetes insipidus is a disease caused by malfunctioning of the kidneys due to a lack of the hormone vasopressin. Its main symptoms are often urinating, production of an unusually high amount of urine by kidneys, and extreme thirst (“Diabetes insipidus,” n.d.). Other symptoms are colorless urine instead of pale yellow, dry skin, constipation, weak muscles, which are the consequences of frequent urination (“Diabetes insipidus,” n.d.). This disease can lead to dehydration and its complications.
Treatment for diabetes insipidus involves hormone therapy to replace vasopressin, which is not produced by the brain. For this purpose, the most commonly used nasal spray vasopressin, which in the dosage form is called Desmopressin (“Diabetes insipidus,” n.d.). In addition, medications may be prescribed for Jody to treat the symptoms and effects of diabetes insipidus, such as salt imbalance due to frequent urination or cramps due to dehydration.
Moreover, trauma to the pituitary gland can alter the production of other hormones that are essential for normal organ function. For example, growth hormone deficiency causes the body to grow slowly or does not grow, and the child can gain weight disproportionately to her body size, as well as have delayed puberty at an older age (Murray & Clayton, 2016). Besides, endocrine functions can be impaired due to the low production of the thyrotropic hormone. In general, trauma to the pituitary gland in children can cause hypopituitarism, that is, a violation of the secretion of the pituitary gland, which leads to a variety of effects from short-term disorders to diabetes insipidus (“Pituitary failure, ” n.d.). Thus, head injury and impaired pituitary secretion in children are serious diseases that can lead to extremely negative consequences.
References
Diabetes insipidus. (n.d.). 2020, Web.
Murray, P.G., & Clayton, P.E. (2016). Disorders of growth hormone in childhood. Endotext. Web.
Pituitary failure (hypopituitarism). (n.d.). 2020, Web.