Best Diabetes Hospital in India
Endocrinology – Services offered
Endocrinology is the branch of physiology and medicine which deals with diseases of endocrine glands (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals and gonads) and hormones.Hormonal Problems Covered include:
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Type 2 diabetes
- Childhood diabetes (insulin dependent: type 1, neonatal diabetes)
- Pregnancy related (gestational) diabetes
Obesity
- Weight gain in children and adults
Thyroid Gland Problems
- Hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism: Grave’s disease, thyroiditis
- Thyroid nodules, cancers
- Thyroid problems in pregnancy
Reproductive Problems
- Early puberty
- Delay in puberty (breast development, menstruation in females and voice change, facial hair growth, increased testicular volume in males)
- Prolactin elevation
- PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome)
- Excessive growth of body hair in females
- Certain menstrual disorders
- Ambiguous genitalia (difficulty in sex assignment to newborn)
Technology
- Well-equipped laboratory set up for all hormonal assays
- Advanced imaging (USG, CT and MRI scan) for endocrine glands
- Facilities of USG guided thyroid FNACs