Apollo Centre for Obesity,
Diabetes and Endocrinology (ACODE) of Indraprastha
Apollo Hospitals offers
comprehensive services in diagnosis, treatment and management of all hormonal
disorders. Specialized clinics like obesity, bone health & thyroid are
designed to provide comprehensive and state-of-the-art management. The
department offers a broad range of services for diabetes, thyroid disorders,
growth abnormalities in children, infertility in males and females, osteoporosis,
pituitary disorders, obesity management, hormone replacement therapy and
various other hormonal disorders. An endocrinologist is a
specialist doctor dealing with the disorders of the endocrine gland (thyroid,
parathyroid, pancreas, ovaries, testis, adrenal, pituitary and hypothalamus).
The endocrine system is a complex group of glands which makes the chemicals
known as hormones. Hormones also control the way you respond to your
surroundings, and they help to provide the proper amount of energy and
nutrition your body needs to function. Generally, endocrine diseases have
subtle symptoms. In a majority of cases, your doctor will be referring you to
an endocrinologist if they think you are having symptoms that need specialist
consultation. In general, you will be seeing/referred to an endocrinologist for
mainly these diseases:
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Diabetes
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Thyroid diseases
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Metabolic disorders
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Over or under production of hormones
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Menopause
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Osteoporosis
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Difficult to treat hypertension
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Lipid disorders
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Infertility
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Lack of growth (short stature)
Cancers of the endocrine glands
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