Endocrinology provides care for patients with a broad range of hormonal diseases. Hormones are biologically active substances, which are produced by endocrine glands, which are a group of small organs and body tissues. They play a vital role in metabolism, growth and development, digestion, sexual function, reproduction and other vital functions of the body. They also affect mood. While men and women have the same hormones, the levels of certain hormones are different. Hormones are powerful. A tiny amount can cause big changes in cells or even the whole body, and too much or too little of a certain hormone can cause serious health problems. At the same time for long these disorders can be not displayed in the form of symptoms, so it is important to make routine monitoring of hormones level. Endocrine diseases can be complex and involve many body systems and structures.
The disorders treated in endocrinology are:
- Neuroendocrine disease
- Pituitary gland disorders
- Thyroid disease, thyroid nodules and cancer
- Lipid disorders
- Osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease and calcium disorders
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Adrenal gland diseases
- Reproductive endocrinology including adult sex hormone deficiency, hypogonadism, induction of spermatogenesis and ovulation.
- Endocrine-related obesity
- Thyroid and parathyroid gland diseases
- Diabetes mellitus or insipidus
- Endocrine surgery
- Endocrine disorders in pregnancy
- Benign and malignant neoplasms of endocrine glands
