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... ADH output, and more water leaves the collecting ducts to be absorbed into the blood. If the osmotic pressure of plasma becomes low, the reverse is the case. Thus water ingestion dilutes body fluids and reduces or stops ADH secretion; the urine becomes hypotonic, and the extra water is excreted in the urine. Exercising increases ADH output and reduces urinary flow. The same result may follow emotional disturbance, fainting, pain, and injury, or the use of certain drugs such as morphine or nicotine. Diuresis is an increased flow of urine produced as the result of increased fluid intake, absence of hormonal activity, or the taking of certain drugs that reduce sodium and water reabsorption from the tubules. If ADH secretion is inhibited by the drinking of excess water, or by disease or the presence of a tumour affecting the base of the brain, water anomalies result; and the rate of ...