Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone secretion

A disorder in which there is an increased, inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone, the incidence of which is about 7 in 10,000. It is sort of opposite to diabetes insipidous.

This results in disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance, with the inability to dilute urine, lowered plasma sodium levels (hyponatremia) and fluid retention in the body.

The most common cause is a tumour that secretes ADH, most common of which are "oat cell" tumours in lung cancer.

Treatment is via fluid restrictions to daily insensible losses and finding and treating the underlying cause.

other causes:

CNS

Raver gravy	Diabetes Insipidus	hyponatremia	Fear of genetically altered food unfounded
Guillain-Barré syndrome	antidiuretic hormone	Diuretic	April 19, 2005
pituitary tumor	Acute Myeloid Leukaemia	Insulin pump therapy vs. conventional insulin therapy in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus	bronze diabetes
Non Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus	SIADH	Eponymous syndromes	diabetes mellitus
ADH	codeine	Diseases	diabetes
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