In Dr. Shterev Hospital’s endocrinological department, our specialists successfully diagnose and treat the following complaints and diseases:

- Diabetes mellitus - a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulted by insulin secretion disorders, insulin action or both

- Hypothyroidism - characterized by decreased secretion of thyroid hormones from the thyroid gland

- Hyperthyroidism is characterized by increased production of thyroid hormones leading to thyrotoxicosis

- Metabolic syndrome – this is a complex of mutually-related risk factors for the development of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. These risk factors include dysglycemia, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, and visceral type obesity

- Abnormalities in female gonadal function - a condition related to the reduction or elimination of ovarian function as a result of gonadal damage (primary or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism) or affecting the pituitary regulatory action, respectively. The hypothalamus (secondary or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism). Women's hypogonadism include: Ovarian dysfunction, Turner syndrome, Hypopituitarism, Hypothalamic dysfunction

- Disorders in male gonadal function - a condition associated with a reduction or dropping of one of the functions of the testicles - the endocrine (hormonal) or exocrine (spermatogenic), or both. Hypogonadism may occur with damage to the testes themselves (primary or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism) or when the pituitary regulation or the pituitary action is affected. The hypothalamus (secondary or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism). Men's hypogonadism includes Testicular Hypofunction, Klinefelter Syndrome, etc., as well as the more rare disorders of the functions of the pituitary, adrenal and parathyroid glands.

What to expect during the examination?

During the examination, the endocrinologist takes an endocrinological history and performs a clinical examination:
-       removing physical status by systems,
-       appointing the necessary laboratory,
-       functional and instrumental examinations and appointing treatment and training to the patient. Every patient with the endocrine disease is given an individual treatment plan; individual prophylactic plan and training. А schedule for periodic monitoring of the patient's condition and correction of the treatment plan if necessary. The department also provides individual diets for obese patients or patients with diabetes mellitus as well as training for diabetic patients.

In Dr. Shterev Hospital, you get full care for your feminine and family health, including the access to prophylaxis or treatment of endocrine diseases.