adipsia

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Related to adipsia: glossorrhaphy, cheilorrhaphy, esophagomalacia

adipsia

[ā′dip·sē·ə]

(medicine)

Absence of thirst or avoidance of drinking.

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Thirst Center

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Much of the support for the hypothalamic role in food and water intake regulation derives from the observation that lesions in dorsolateral hypothalamus produce aphasia and adipsia, whereas, electrical stimulation of this region elicits ingestive behavior.

The effect of septal lesion on naloxone induced hypophagia in rats

Com a progressao do quadro, o paciente pode manifestar anorexia, adipsia, depressao, vomitos, diarreia, taquipneia, dor, distensao abdominal (FELDMAN & NELSON, 1996), desidratacao, pirexia (CHASTAIN, 1981) e, em casos mais avancados, halito cetonico, alteracoes respiratorias compensatorias (respiracao de Kussmaul) e alteracoes no SNC, desde sonolencia, torpor, confusao mental ate estabelecimento de estado de coma profundo (FOSSFREITAS & FOSS, 2003).

Canine ketoacidosis/cetoacidose diabetica canina

Gastrointestinal: Abdomen soft & distended; active bowel sounds, adipsia, no hunger.