Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine; in simple terms, to wee when you don't intend to. It is the inability to hold urine in the bladder because voluntary control over the urinary sphincter is either lost or weakened.
By Mayo Clinic Staff. The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. In most people with type 1 diabetes, the body's own immune system â which normally fights harmful bacteria and viruses â mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing (islet) cells in the pancreas.
Diabetes insipidus (water diabetes) is caused by a reduction in, or failure to respond to, anti-diuretic hormone. This results in passing too much dilute urine and increased thirst. Alternative names for diabetes insipidus Water diabetes; DI. What is diabetes insipidus? Anti-diuretic hormone (also called vasopressin) is produced in the hypothalamus and then secreted by the pituitary gland into the bloodstream at the base of the brain. Anti-diuretic hormone is needed to stop the kidneys from producing too much urine.