Primary Polydipsia in a Case of Genetic Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

What is it about?

Primary polydipsia, or excessive water drinking, is a poorly understood but potentially deadly condition. The medical literature often attributes this disorder to mental health disorders, most commonly schizophrenia. We describe a patient with genetic behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (FTD) who developed psychogenic polydipsia. We aim to educate the general public about other neurological causes of primary polydipsia.

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