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Psychogenic polydipsia

Evidence last reviewed: 13 Mar 2026
Topic last updated: 28 Set 2022

Summary

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presence of risk factors
  • water-seeking and drinking
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • agitation
  • polyuria
  • headache
  • nausea or vomiting
  • lethargy or confusion
  • seizures, delirium, or coma
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Factores de riesgo

  • psychiatric disorders
  • neurodevelopmental disorders
  • smoking
  • alcohol abuse
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • plasma osmolality
  • urine osmolality
  • urine sodium
  • serum sodium
  • 24-hour urine volume
  • urinalysis
  • serum urea
  • water restriction test
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • vasopressin test
  • plasma antidiuretic hormone
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

severe hyponatraemia (<125 mmol/L [<125 mEq/L]) or with neurological symptoms

hyponatraemia (125-130 mmol/L [125-130 mEq/L]) or with GI symptoms

En curso

chronic polydipsia

Colaboradores

Autores

Shilpa Srinivasan, MD, DFAPA, DFAAGP
Shilpa Srinivasan

Vice Chair, Medical Staff Affairs, Behavioral Health Midlands, Prisma Health

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Program Director: Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship

Director: Psychiatry Acting Internship and M4 Clerkship

Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science

Prisma Health - University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia

Columbia

SC

Divulgaciones

SS is a board member of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and serves on the Geriatric Psychiatry Exam Committee for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Meera Narasimhan, MD, DFAPA
Meera Narasimhan

Professor and Chair

Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science

Senior Medical Director

Prisma Health

Special Advisor to University of South Carolina President

Health Innovations and Economic Development

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia

Columbia

SC

Divulgaciones

MN is a member of an advisory board for Alkermes.

Agradecimientos

Dr Shilpa Srinivasan and Dr Meera Narasimhan would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Emily Williams and Dr Brian Dundas, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

EW declares that she has no competing interests. BD is an author of one of the references for this topic.

Revisores por pares

Branimir Margetić, MD

Neuropsychiatric Hospital "Dr Ivan Barbot"

Popovaca

Croatia

Divulgaciones

BM is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Aaron Pinkhasov, MD, DFAPA, FACLP

Chairman

Department Of Psychiatry

NYU Langone Hospital

Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine

NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Long Island

NY

Divulgaciones

AP declares that he has no competing interests.

Richard C Millson, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Queen's University

Kingston

Ontario

Canada

Divulgaciones

RCM declares that he has no competing interests. He is the author of some of the references cited in this topic.

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

Ahmadi L, Goldman MB. Primary polydipsia: update. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Sep;34(5):101469.Texto completo  Resumen

Sterns RH. Disorders of plasma sodium - causes, consequences, and correction. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jan 1;372(1):55-65. Resumen

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