Always want to drink water and feel thirsty, may be related to physiological factors, may also be due to hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, uremia, dry syndrome and other causes.
1. Physiological factors: for example, staying in a too hot environment for a long time, resulting in excessive water loss, or consuming a large amount of food with high salt content, etc., may lead to always want to drink water and feel thirsty.
2. Hyperthyroidism: Because the patient’s body secretes significantly more thyroid hormones, leading to an increase in the body’s basal metabolic rate, resulting in an increase in sweating, which may lead to always wanting to drink water, feeling thirsty, and may be accompanied by hyperphagia, temper tantrums and other manifestations.
3. Diabetes mellitus: poor control of blood glucose, resulting in frequent fluctuations in blood glucose, resulting in increased urinary osmolality, resulting in urination, resulting in excessive water discharge, which may cause always want to drink water, feel thirsty.
4. Uremia: the disease can lead to the patient’s kidneys are not sensitive to antidiuretic hormone, or antidiuretic hormone deficiency, resulting in the kidneys for water reabsorption obstacles, which may cause always want to drink water, feel thirsty.
5. Dry syndrome: the disease will cause the patient’s salivary glands and lacrimal glands, which may cause dry mouth, dry eyes, may show always want to drink water, feel thirsty, may also be accompanied by loss of taste, tongue dry and cracked and other manifestations.
Always want to drink water, feel thirsty, exclude physiological factors, should be as early as possible to seek medical attention, clear cause, give targeted treatment.