DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERNATREMIA ( LOSS OF WATER DUE TO EXCESS IN SODIUM)

Differential diagnosis of hypernatremia ( loss of water due to excess in sodium) are : 
-peritoneal dialysis
-skin loss ( burns)
-sweating 
-drugs - vinblastine, colchicine, amphothericin B, methoxyflurane, sulfonylureas, alcohol, lithium, diuretics and phenytoin
-hypokalemia
-decreased intake of protein 
-hypercalcemia
-excessive use of diuretics
-prolonged excessive intake of water
-multiple myeloma
-Sjogren Syndrome 
-sarcoidosis
-amyloidosis
-congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus 
-sickle cell trait
-sickle cell disease
-vomiting
-intestinal fistula
-post hypophysectomy
-trauma to the head
-Wegener Granulomatosis
-tuberculosis
-histiocytosis
-syphilis
-neoplasm 
-infection of the central nervous system 
-Sheehan Syndrome 
-aneurysm 
cerebrovascular accident
-osmotic diuresis
-post obstructive diuresis
-partial obstruction of the urinary tract
-mannitol 
-infant's formula
-tube feeding 
-diuretic phase of acute renal failure
-medullary cystic disease
-polycystic disease
​-chronic renal failure