Endocrinology
Diabetes mellitus, thyroid and adrenal gland diseases. This is not the whole list of diseases that endocrinology deals with, but it is probably the most common diseases that we can hear about in ads even on public transport.
Unfortunately, diabetes is very common among all segments of the population and sometimes it has a latent nature. Do not be lazy to start with yourself, consult a specialist.
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Nowadays, pathology of the endocrine system is one of the first places in the list of the most common diseases in Ukraine and the world. Fast pace of life, poor nutrition, environmental pollution, disruption of work and rest are the factors that affect endocrine organs and the body as a whole.
WHAT IS AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND WHAT DOES HE TREAT?
An endocrinologist is a physician who deals with the treatment and diagnosis of pathology of the endocrine organs, namely: thyroid gland, pineal gland, pituitary gland, ovaries, testicles, pancreas, thymus.
The task of the endocrinologist is to diagnose exactly where the changes that had caused the hormonal imbalance and appearance of certain symptoms took place. His next step is to treat the patient and restore proper balance of hormones.
WITH WHAT SYMPTOMS DO YOU NEED AN ADVICE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST?
- • Unmotivated weight loss, combined with dry mouth, frequent urination.
- • Excessive weight gain in a short period of time.
- • Excessive frostbite or hot flashes.
- • Feeling of discomfort when swallowing, feeling of a "lump" in the throat.
- • Feeling of trembling in the body and arms.
- • Feelings of rapid fatigue, loss of strength, increased irritability, anxiety.
- • The appearance of edema, excessive dryness of the skin, itching.
- • Feeling of a heart failure, increased sweating, increased appetite.
- • Sleep disturbances (drowsiness during the day, insomnia at night).
- • Hair loss, or excessive hair growth in women (above the upper lip, on the chin, in the areola, along the white line of the abdomen).
- • Acne.
- • Appearance of white, pink or purple striae on the thighs.
SPECTRUM OF CONSULTATIVE CARE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST AT SALUTAS MEDICAL CENTER
- • Consultation and interpretation of test results, diagnosis and assignment of individual treatment regimens.
- • • Consultation and development of individual recommendations on lifestyle: work and rest, nutrition, selection of drugs, including insulin therapy.
- • Consultation and development of an individual scheme of correction of excess body weight, treatment of insulin resistance.
- • Treatment of thyroid pathology.
- • Treatment of fertility and pregnancy problems.
- • Correction of conditions such as hyperandrogenism and hyperprolactinemia.
- • Treatment of hypothalamic dysfunction.
- • School of Health (self-control).
The priority of the Salutas Medical Center is preventive care, i.e. prevention of the disease, because it is easier to prevent the disease than to treat it.
Endocrine pathology is an urgent problem of the present time, but with the right approach to the treatment and diagnosis of the disease it can be cured or transferred to a mode of full compensation and live a full life.
Contact the Salutas Medical Center, we will be happy to help you.