What’s wrong with feeling thirsty all the time?



Always feel thirsty is generally a physiological phenomenon, but it can not be ruled out is the symptomatic manifestation of certain diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, dry syndrome, urolithiasis, etc., and should be promptly consulted to identify the cause of the disease.

1. Physiological factors: hot weather, in a dry environment, too much exercise, or consume too much high salt, high sugar, spicy and stimulating food and other physiological reasons, can cause thirst, by drinking water, the symptoms can be relieved, and will not continue to occur.

2. Pathological factors.

(1) Diabetes mellitus: diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease caused by defective insulin secretion and action, and its typical symptoms are excessive drinking, excessive eating, excessive urination and weight loss.

(2) Dry syndrome: related to factors such as heredity, infection, and high estrogen level, it is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that mainly involves a variety of exocrine glands. Patients may exhibit dry mouth and tongue, requiring frequent drinking of water to relieve thirst, accompanied by dry skin, muscle pain, dry cough and other symptoms.

(3) Uremia: Uremia is a disease caused by neuroendocrine or renal abnormalities. The typical symptoms of patients are extreme thirst and massive urination, often accompanied by irritability and hypotonic polyuria.

Symptoms of feeling thirsty all the time, excluding physiological factors or drinking water can not be relieved, should promptly consult the doctor, improve the relevant examination, and comply with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.