alleryStart learning →Unusually large quantities of urine may point toward which conditions?
AKidney stones or cystitis
BDiabetes mellitus or insipidus
CGout or severe dehydration
DAnaemia or low blood pressure
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Diabetes mellitus or insipidus
1. Urinalysis often provides clues to renal and systemic disease.
2. Unusually large urine volumes may point to diabetes mellitus, or to hypothalamic tumours causing diabetes insipidus.
3. Stones and cystitis change urine's appearance more than its volume.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 25 "The Urinary System", section Urethra_
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