I have been extremely thirst. I drink about a gallon at night and who knows how much water during the day. I have been checked for diabities and it came back negative. Checked liver and kidneys and they are fine also. Dr. said it was Acid Reflux and perscribed Zantacs, but it is not helping at all with the thirst.
Q: thirsty, not diabities. Have been checked for it.
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9/10/08 4:34pm
It's good that you've seen your doctor and been checked for some of the most common causes of excessive thirst -- diabetes, kidney and/or liver-related disorders, etc. However, in researching I'm not finding it to be listed as a symptom of acid reflux, so I'm not sure as to the reasoning of being prescribed Zantac. What I do find are other possible causes for excessive thirst, ranging from simple to complex:
-- Recently eating salty or spicy foods
-- Excessive loss of water and salt, possibly caused by not drinking enough water (dehydration), fluid loss during exercise, or experiencing profuse sweating, vomiting or diarrhea
-- Drugs such as anticholinergics, demeclocycline, diuretics, phenothiazines
-- An underlying disease (physical or emotional)
I hope this information is helpful. If this continues for you, be sure to keep your doctor involved.
Best regards,
Maria
9/23/09 2:18am
I had yesterday morning the same problem. An extreme thirst that I never had experienced in my life. I drank a gallon of water and I needed more. My glucose levels were perfect but I was still thirsty. A pathologist told me that it was because of te reflux. Today I perfectly fine. I think that the Doctor was very good in his diagnosis and prescribed drugs.
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I have also had an MRI to check my brian or a gland I assume. Came back normal. Dr. said it might be psycological, but I told him, "If I were just crazy or obsessed with just drinking water, that it would not wake me up in the middle of the night 4 or 5 times to drink." I do notice that when I take an ibuprophren that the thirst goes away significantly, but I can figure out why. I'm tired of this though. I don't eat salty food. I have even gone to the extent to not eat gluten, or animal product and although it helps very little, I am still extremely thirsty.