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Polyuria is the passage of a large volume of urine in a given period.
- Intake of diuretics is believed to increase this, such as: Coffee, Cranberry Juice, and Alcohol.
- An antidiuretic would in turn decrease urine flow. (See Vasopressin)
Associations
- diabetes mellitus
- diabetes insipidus
- interstitial cystitis
- interstitial nephritis
- lupus or other connective tissue disease related cystitis
- Fanconi syndrome/renal glycosuria
- hypercalcaemia
- hyperthyroidism
- hypopituitarism
- pregnancy
- reactive arthritis/Reiter's syndrome
- glomerulonephritis
- squamous cell carcinoma of lung (a paraneoplastic consequence)
- Hyperaldosteronism/Conn's syndrome
- Hypokalemia
- Congestive heart failure
- Diabetes insipidus
- Enlarged prostate from disease or benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Urinary tract infections
- Cushing's syndrome
- Addison's disease
- intestinal obstruction (occurs after toxins begin to be absorbed
- hypercalcemia (most commonly from cancer)
- acromegaly
- polycythemia
- behavioral or psychogenic water drinking
- partial obstruction of the urinary tract
- pheochromocytoma
- liver failure/ cirrhosis
- pyometra in certain animals or appendicitis in humans
- neurologic damage
- urinary tract infection -although it more commonly causes frequent passage of small volumes of urine rather than a large volume.
- Emphysematous cystitis
"Polyuria"