The department of endocrinology of MC Erebouni provides the diagnostics and treatments of wide range of endocrine diseases. Diagnosis includes the extensive laboratory tests of hormonal profile of the patient, the visualization of the endocrine system's organs, detecting the presence of genetic factors of an endocrine disease in a patient, prescription of appropriate treatment.
Due to multidisciplinarity of Erebouni medical center it is possible to organize the consultations of endocrinological patients by different specialists included into a multidisciplinary team of specialists: cardiologists, ophthalmologists, nephrologists, nephrologists, endocrine surgeons, vascular surgeons, and other specialists, which significantly facilitates the process of diagnosis of the disease and promotes effective and comprehensive care.
The main principles of department's activity are the use of modern schemes of diagnosis and treatment of endocrine diseases in accordance with the principles of evidence-based medicine, active use of innovations and achievements in the practice of laboratory and instrumental methods of diagnosis that allow to accurate and timely detect the endocrine diseases:
- High-sensitive methods of definition of the hormones concentration
- Ultrasound examination
- X-ray (Turkish saddle, hands, spine)
- Scintigraphy (thyroid glands, parathyroid gland, whole body)
- Computed tomography (adrenal glands)
- Magnetic Resonance tomography (pituitary, adrenal glands)
- Fine needle aspiration biopsy (thyroid gland)
Experienced doctors-endocrinologists provides a specialized help to a wide range of patients with various disorders of the endocrine system:
Diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes mellitus - type I
- Diabetes mellitus – type 2
- Treatment of complications of diabetes mellitus: diabetic distal symmetric poly-neuropathy of lower extremities, diabetic angiopathy
Thyroid gland diseases:
- Iodine – deficiency disorders
- Graves' disease
- Autoimmune thyreoiditis – hashitoxicosis
- Subacute thyroiditis
- Hypothyreosis
- Diffuse Goiter
Diseases of parathyroid gland
- Hypoparathyreosis
- Hyperparathyreosis
Adrenal glands disfunctions
- Cushing's syndrome
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Adrenogenital syndrome
Reproductive disorders
- Teenagers' physical and sexual development disorders
- Obesity
- Ovarian dysfunction
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
Hypothalamic-pituitary disorders
- Prolactinoma, acromegaly
- Diabetes insipidus
- Sheehan's syndrome
To improve the patient’s condition and increase the effectiveness of the treatment the specialists of the department offer the complex of therapeutic procedures based on the pharmacological treatment alongside with supporting protocols for physiotherapy, therapeutic gymnastics, and individually developed dietary recommendations for each patient.
In cases where the treatment of endocrinological diseases requires surgical intervention the Department of Endocrinology in close cooperation with the Department of Endocrine Surgery, Neurosurgery, General Surgery and other surgical departments organizes a series of complex and high-tech operations of pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid, pancreas, thyroid, mammary and genital glands .
For definition of localization and the stage of endocrine organs disorder the whole spectrum of diagnostic equipment of Diagnostics Clinic of Erebouni MC are used:
- definition of the concentration of hormones
- ultrasound examination
- radiography
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
Diabetology
- Providing advice and medical care to patients with diabetes
- Diagnostics of early and late complications of the diabetes. Primary and secondary prevention of diabetic complications
- Adjustment of individual diets, exercise regimes, teaching for self-control of patients with type 1 diabetes and type 2
- Individual approach to each patient with diabetes for improving their quality of life.
Diagnostics and complex treatment of obesity, metabolic syndrome and its complications
Diagnostics and treatment of arterial hypertension of endocrine genesis
Comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the adrenal glands and the pancreas
Comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of thyroid gland diseases, parathyroid glands, endocrine ophthalmopathy
Diagnostics and treatment of hypothalamic-pituitary system diseases.
Diagnostics and treatment of disturbances of phosphoric- calcium metabolism
Preparation of patients with various endocrinopathies for the surgical treatment