The most common causes of adipsia include lesions and other forms of trauma that affect the thirst centre in the hypothalamus. |
Behavioral treatment of adipsia in a child with hypothalamic injury. |
In adipsia the brain's thirst centre, located in the hypothalamus, is damaged. |
People with adipsia have little or no sensation of thirst when they become dehydrated. |
Adipsia, also called hypodipsia, rare disorder characterized by the lack of thirst even in the presence of dehydration. |