Excessive thirst are common symptoms that many children may complain. Most parents tend to ignore these symptoms, because they claim that the children played outside most of the time and tend to easily become dehydrated. However, these symptoms there may be more than what meets the eye. Excessive thirst in children can be an indicator of serious underlying disorder your child may suffer. Given below are the various causes of excessive thirst in children and how to deal with them.

The cause of excessive thirst in Children

Diabetes Mellitus
One of the most common causes of excessive thirst is a diabetic. Diabetes mellitus is characterized by the classic triad of polyphagia (excessive hunger), polydipsia (excessive thirst) and polyuria (excessive urination). These symptoms appear because of the excess glucose in the bloodstream. This is type 1 diabetes seen in children and is also known as insulin dependent diabetes. This occurs because the insulin producing beta cells of islets of Langerhans in the pancreas are destroyed, because that person does not produce sufficient amounts of insulin in the body. This type of diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes, as children see.

Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus is a condition where there is an anti-diuretic hormone deficiency or insensitivity of the kidneys for it. Anti-diuretic hormone is a hormone that is responsible for sending signals to the kidney they need to absorb as much water as possible. So, in the case of people suffering from diabetes insipidus, there is in children frequent urination. This causes the loss of excess fluid from the body, which in turn, causes excessive thirst in children. Read the rest of this entry »