The following symptoms and complaints may occur together with polyuria (increased urination):
Leading symptom
- Polyuria (pathological/diseased increased urine output; volume varies between > 1.5-3 l/day depending on doctrine).
Associated symptoms
- Polydipsia (pathological/diseased increased thirst; > 4 liters of fluid intake per day).
Warning signs (red flags)
- Anamnestic information:
- Diabetes mellitus (in anorexia (loss of appetite) + nausea (nausea) + vomiting → think of: Diabetic coma)
- Thyroid disease
- Urine sediment:
- Glucose negative → think of: Diabetes insipidus (hormone deficiency-related disorder in hydrogen metabolism leading to extremely high urine excretion (polyuria; 5-25 l/day) due to impaired concentration capacity of the kidneys), hypercalcemia (calcium excess).
- Microhematuria (presence of blood in the urine (hematuria), which can be detected microscopically ort by means of test strips) or proteinuria (increased excretion of protein with the urine) → think of: Kidney disease very likely
