Diabetes insipidus is a rare condition, affecting only about one out of every 25,000 people. Nobody knows for sure what the diabetes insipidus causes are for sure, but of course there are a lot of hypothesis about what causes diabetes insipidus. Diabetes insipidus is not related to diabetes mellitus. When used alone, the word diabetes almost always refers to diabetes mellitus. When referring to diabetes insipidus, the two words are always used together. Now that that is out of the way, let’s take a look at some of the possible diabetes insipidus causes.

Diabetes insipidus is characterized by an intense and unquenchable thirst and polyuria, which is a medical term meaning the excretion of large amounts of urine. It occurs in most cases when the body doesn’t produce, release, or store the hormone arginine vasopressin (ADH). ADH is an antidiuretic hormone. It can also occur when the kidneys don’t properly …