ENDOCRINOLOGY

The endocrinology service has a specialized team and state structure to meet the main diseases of obesity area, type 1 diabetes, diabetes of type 2, gestational diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid nodule, thyroid cancer , Delay of growth, delay or precocity of puberty and diseases of the pituitary. Among its differentials are doctors experienced in endocrinology in these different areas, carrying out care of both outpatient consultations and attendance to hospitalized patients.

• Why is it so hard to lose weight?

  Treatment is not simple, as it depends on improvement in eating habits, regular physical activity and, in some cases, use of medicines or surgery. It is a chronic disease and depends on constant care for life.

• How do I know if I'm hypothyroidism?

  To find out if hypothyroidism is required to perform the TSH blood test, which will have a value above the laboratory reference.

• When should the dosage of prolactin be requested?

  Only in specific situations: male or female infertility, alteration of sex hormone production, presence of dairy secretion outside the normal period (gestation and lactation period); and diseases of the pituitary.

• Even though I do not eat sweets I can have type 2 diabetes?
  Yes. The cause of type 2 diabetes is multifactorial, having genetically, but also behavioral influence. It is directly related to overweight and obesity that can be caused by excessive calorie intake (not just sweets) and sedentarism.
• Is there more than one type of diabetes?
  Yes. The most common is type 2 that occurs in excessive and sedentary people whose initial treatment is with diet, physical activity and medications. Type 1 diabetes always requires application of insulin.