04/12/2023
Diabetes Insipidus as a health issue where your body's water balance goes haywire. Normally, your kidneys filter your blood to make urine, keeping enough water in your system. But with Diabetes Insipidus, your kidneys are like a sieve with too-big holes—they let too much water through, making you p*e a lot.
This isn't about high blood sugar, like in the more well-known diabetes. Instead, it's about a hormone called vasopressin, which tells your kidneys to keep water in the body. If you don't have enough of this hormone, or if your kidneys don't respond to it, you end up p*eing out way more water than you should, which can make you really thirsty and lead to dehydration if you're not careful. There are a few types of Diabetes Insipidus, but they all boil down to the same problem: the body just doesn't hold onto water like it's supposed to.
