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Dr. Carlos Hernandez-Cassis is a highly trained physician with a passion for patient care and medical research.
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Hormones are chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues. These signals tell your body what to do and when to do it. Hormones are essential for life and your health.
Scientists have identified over 50 hormones in the human body so far.
Hormones control many different bodily processes, including:
Metabolism.
Homeostasis (constant internal balance).
Growth and development.
Sexual function.
Reproduction.
Sleep-wake cycle.
Mood.
Your endocrine system includes eight major glands throughout your body, such as the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, and pancreas. This system affects growth and development, metabolism, sexual function, and mood.
If your hormone levels are too high or too low, you may have an endocrine disease or disorder. Endocrine diseases and disorders also occur if your body does not respond to hormones the way it is supposed to.
Endocrine disorders are medical conditions wherein the endocrine system, which produces hormones, does not function correctly.
Endocrine disorders have several potential causes, such as tumors, genetic factors, or hormonal imbalances.
THYROID DISEASES
The thyroid creates and produces hormones that play a role in many different systems throughout your body. When your thyroid makes either too much or too little of these important hormones, it’s called a thyroid disease. There are several different types of thyroid disease, including Goiter, Graves' Disease, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, Thyroid Nodule, Thyroiditis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
OVERWEIGHT & DIABETES
Obesity is associated with a spectrum of liver abnormalities, known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, characterized by an increase in intrahepatic triglyceride, with or without inflammation and fibrosis. Having obesity makes you more likely to develop diabetes, the condition of having too much glucose (sugar) circulating in your bloodstream. Obesity also causes diabetes to worsen faster.
PITUITARY
Pituitary disorders can cause a range of symptoms. This gland may raise or lower one or more hormones. A hormone imbalance can cause physical or mood changes. At the same time, pituitary disorders often develop slowly. It may take a long time until you notice symptoms, wich are similar to those of other diseases. Many people are misdiagnosed or go undiagnosed.
HORMONES
The endocrine system secretes chemicals into blood called hormones. Any imbalance in the hormone secretion leads to several diseases and disorders. Hence, hormones are secreted as per the requirement of our body. Hormones control many different bodily processes, including: Metabolism, Reproduction, Growth and development, Homeostasis, Sexual function, Sleep-wake cycle and Mood.
NON_ ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER
Also known as NAFLD is accumulation of fat from excess energy and sugar intake in people who drink little or no alcohol. There are many mechanisms involved in its cause. Risks factors include obesity, high triglycerides, high cholesterol, gastric bypass surgery, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
OTHER SERVICES I OFFERED
- Find needle aspiration.
- Thyroid ultra sound
- Bone mineral density (Dexa-Scan)
