Fluid deprivation test Fluid deprivation test A fluid or water deprivation test is a medical test which can be used to determine whether the patient has diabetes insipidus as opposed to other causes of polydipsia (a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water). The patient is required, for a prolonged period, to forgo intake of water completely, to determine the cause of the thirst. This test measures changes in body weight, urine output, and urine composition when fluids are withheld. Sometimes measuring blood levels of ADH (a synonym for vasopressin) during this test is also necessary. If there is
Traditional African medicine is one healer for every 200 people in the Southern Africa region which is a much greater doctor-to-patient ratio than is found in North America. Ratios of doctors (practicing modern medicine) and traditional medical practitioners to patients in east and southern Africa: "*TMP refers to Traditional Medical Practitioner "Note: References with an asterisk are in Cunningham, 1993. This table showing the ratio of traditional medical practitioner to patient and Western practitioner to patient shows that in many parts of Africa, practitioners trained in modern medicine are few and far between. Because of this, healers prove to be a large and