Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases

What is Endocrinology?

Endocrinology is a branch of Internal Medicine that deals with the diseases of the endocrine glands that secrete hormones in our body. Hormone system, namely the Endocrine System, deals with the hormones secreted by the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, ovaries in women and testes in men, and their diseases. Endocrinology also diagnoses and treats Obesity, Diabetes, Osteoporosis , Blood lipids (cholesterol, triglyceride) and uric acid elevation, known as Metabolism disease.
Goiter or thyroid disease, short stature, hair growth, osteoporosis, nodules, thyroid cancers, obesity, weight loss, diet, hidden sugar, metabolism, excessive sweating, osteoporosis, parathyroid, hypoglycemia, low sugar, Diabetes, prolactin, Diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovary and other hormonal diseases are performed by Endocrinology Specialists.

What are the most common endocrine diseases and disorders?

Diseases of the endocrine system may appear in the form of hormone excess, hormone deficiency, resistance to the effects of hormones or enlargement of endocrine glands (for example, tumors and nodules). Some diseases in which the endocrine glands are affected are:

Diabetes

Obesity

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Lipid disorders (blood fat disorders)

metabolic syndrome

Goiter

thyroid nodule

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland)

Hyperthyroidism (overwork of the thyroid gland)

Hashimoto's disease

thyroid cancer

Pituitary adenoma

Pituitary failure

Prolactin hormone excess

Acromegaly (excess growth hormone)

Adrenal mass (mass in the adrenal gland)

Addison's disease (adrenal gland failure)

Cushing's syndrome (cortisol hormone excess)

polycystic ovary syndrome

Hirsutism (increased hair growth in women)

Gynecomastia (male breast enlargement)

Hypogonadism (sex hormone deficiency)

Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)

Osteoporosis (bone loss)

Vitamin D deficiency

Hyperparathyroidism (high parathyroid hormone)

Hypoparathyroidism (low parathyroid hormone)

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