Diabetes Insipidus is a rare metabolic disease that causes an imbalance of water in the body which leads to an intense thirst even after drinking fluids and an excessive amount of secretion of diluted urine.
Marc Wübbenhorst, a 35-year-old German architect has been suffering from this disease since he was born.
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To survive he needs to drink at least 20 liters of water to avoid dehydration and if he stops drinking water, his body will start to dry out and he can die of thirst in just a few hours.
When he was young he can manage his condition very well but as he gets older, his condition is getting worse and that can make him fall into a deep depression.
Marc admits that he never sleeps for more than two hours because his condition makes him visit the toilet up to 50 times a day. Once he drinks a glass of water, his kidney will instantly secrete fluids as fast as he ingests them.
What would happen if he stops drinking water? For more than just an hour, his lips will start cracking, getting dizzy, and confused. This happened when he travels home on a train without a bottle of water after a long tiring day at the office. Luckily a close friend of his was there on the train who knew about his condition and gave him some water.
Even though he can’t travel long distances, he remains positive and continues to pursue his dreams.
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