A Case of Diabetes Insipidus
Author(s)
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/collection/detail.html?case_id=321&id=321Department of Biology
Spring Hill College
ddean@shc.edu
Abstract
“Amanda Richards,” a 20-year-old junior in college, is majoring in biology and hopes to be a pediatrician one day. For about a month, she has been waking up frequently at night to go to the bathroom. Most recently, she has noticed that she needs to go to the bathroom during the day more often, almost hourly. Students read about these symptoms and then answer a set of directed questions designed to teach facts and principles of physiology using reference books, textbooks, the Internet, and each other as sources of information. The case has been used in a sophomore-level course in human anatomy and physiology as well as in senior-level course in general physiology.
Objectives
- Learn about the similarities and dissimilarities between diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus.
- Understand the basic differences between the four types of diabetes insipidus.
- Be able to define and describe excessive thirst and urination in adults.
- Understand the methods by which diabetes insipidus is diagnosed and treated.
- Learn about other conditions which produce symptoms similar to those produced by diabetes insipidus.
- Be able to describe the physiological effects of antidiuretic hormone other than the maintenance of body water balance.
Keywords
Pituitary diabetes insipidus; diabetic; antidiuretic hormone; ADH; vasopressin; osmoreceptors; osmolarity; polyuria; polydipsia; supraoptic nuclei; kidney functionEducational Level
Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper divisionFormat
PDFType Methods
DirectedLanguage
EnglishSubject Headings
Physiology Medicine (General)
Date Posted
10/29/04Teaching Notes
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