People who have syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) produce excessive amounts of antidiuretic hormones. It leads to the body developing an imbalance of sodium and water.

October, 9, 2010 (Montreal, Canada) — Editor's Note: Hypersecretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is a common feature in palliative care patients. This leads to fluid retention, which the body ...

Background A 58-year-old schizophrenic male who had been drinking at least 4–5 l of pure water every day for 30 years was admitted to a hospital with complaints of nausea, fatigue, and irregular, ...

Drugs are a common cause of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) in the elderly. The mechanism of action by which a drug interferes with the normal secretion and ...

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a condition that arises either due to the body’s inability to produce sufficient quantities of the hormone known as antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or the body’s inability to ...

THERE have been numerous investigations recently on the effect of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) on frog skin 1–4. Experiments have demonstrated that ADH increases the osmotic permeability of the skin, ...

The posterior pituitary is the smaller of two lobes that make up your pituitary gland. It secretes vasopressin and oxytocin into your bloodstream — hormones that play a role in water balance, ...

Medical condition, that occurs due to disorder of the kidneys, in which the body is unable to retain enough water, is known as diabetes insipidus. The major symptom of this condition is passing of ...