Endocrinology
The aim of the endocrinology department is to treat pathologies linked with structure or functioning alteration of the endocrine glands. The endocrine glands (like thyroid, adrenal gland, pituitary gland, ovaries, parathyroid…) produce some substances called hormones, that act as regulators of the main vital processes. For this reason, a gland gap can modify the functionality of several apparatus in different ways:
- a modified thyroid functioning can compromise the cardiac rhythm
- an excess of adrenal gland hormones can cause a drug resistant secondary hypertension
- a damaged pancreas can lead to mellitus diabetes
- a pituitary gland dysfunction compromise fertility
- an excess of parathyroid hormone can lead to osteoporosis and to kidney stones
- cancers can begin in the endocrine glands; they are usually benign, but sometimes that can be malignant.
Who should schedule this appointment?
The Endocrinology is useful for all those people who discovers to have a thyroid dysfunction (hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism) or a thyroid nodule. It helps women with modified thyroid function due to pregnancy, or patients affected by mellitus diabetes. Moreover, the endocrinologist can perform consultations for patients affected by adrenal glands nodules or pituitary adenoma, or to recognize calcium metabolism disorders (hypercalcemia, osteoporosis, kidney stones), or to perform a screening for the secondary hypertension.
Why choose MediClinic?
Our endocrinologists can offer a high quality service. The waiting time to schedule an appointment are short: in 15 days the patient can perform the consultation.
In MediClinic we can perform a complete patient evaluation. We take care of the patient medical history and of his/her physical evaluation. Then, it is possible to clarify the problems with the help of instrumental exams (ultrasound, CT, MRI, bone density scan…), cytological exams (thyroid fine needle aspiration) and bloodwork, that the patient can perform in MediClinic.
