What symptoms should you see an endocrinologist for?

• Excessive tiredness, increased fatigue despite adequate sleep
• Insomnia
• Unreasonable, prolonged low mood, mood swings, irritability, lethargy
• Strong palpitation sensation
• Rapid, unexplained weight gain or weight loss
• Menstrual disorders
• Difficulties getting pregnant
• Secretions from the gall bladder
• Impotence
• Skin and hair problems (hair loss, acne, pigment problems)
• Increased hair growth (in women)
• Dry skin
• Abnormal sweating
• Sudden increase in thirst and urge to urinate, even at night
• Bowel problems (diarrhoea or even constipation)
• High blood pressure even with medication
• Children growing slowly or unduly fast; delayed or premature puberty
• Abnormal thyroid hormone (TSH) detected in laboratory tests

Thyroid diseases:

• Hypothyroidism (hypothyroidism, hypothyroidism):
  the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone to meet the body's needs = can lead to a slowdown in various body functions.
• Overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism, hyperthyroidism):
  the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone, far more than the body needs = the body's metabolism is overly boosted.
• Graves-Basedow disease:
  a form of hyperthyroidism in which the entire thyroid gland is overactive as a result of an autoimmune process.
• Struma/golyva:
  enlargement of the thyroid gland.
• Hashimoto thyroiditis:
  chronic thyroiditis of autoimmune origin.
• Thyroid nodules:
  formulas associated with iodine deficiency. A distinction is made between hot and cold nodules (verified by isotopic examination). Both types can cause both under- and overactivity, which may require medication. Depending on the type and size of the nodules, they may require closer monitoring.
• Tumour diseases

Diseases of the pituitary gland (hypophysis, pituitary):

• Pituitary gland insufficiencies
• Diabetes insipidus:
  inherited or acquired metabolic disease, a disorder of the body's ability to store water. It is characterised by an unquenchable thirst and frequent, heavy urination.
• Disorders of the liquid-ion household
• Hormone-producing tumours of the pituitary gland (e.g. prolactinoma, acromegaly) and non-hormone-producing tumours

Diseases of the adrenal glands:

• Hypertension of adrenal origin
• Hormonal overproduction:
  • Cushing's syndrome:
    also known as hypercorticism; a rare condition that occurs when the body has too much of the hormone cortisol.
  • Conn syndrome:
    aldosterone hormone levels are elevated, causing salt and water imbalances (hence the condition is associated with high blood pressure).
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH):
    genetic disease, congenital adrenal cortical enlargement.

Diseases of the parathyroid gland:

• Overactive (hyperparathyroidism)
• Consequential osteoporosis
• Underactive (hypoparathyroidism)

Diseases of the pancreas:

• Diabetes mellitus (diabetes):
  carbohydrate metabolism disorder, glucose processing disorder. The pancreas produces little or no insulin, so sugar does not get into the cells, accumulates in the blood and blood sugar levels rise. This reduces energy production and weakens the body. Type 2 is mainly due to lifestyle factors, while type 1 can be caused by autoimmune factors.
• Insulin resistance (IR)
  "the precursor of type 2 diabetes"; the organs involved in carbohydrate metabolism become insensitive to insulin, and cellular sugar uptake decreases.

Ovarian diseases:

• PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome):
  ovarian cysts (oocytes or follicles that cannot mature); complete metabolic disorders, which affect one in 10 people. women and is one of the leading causes of infertility.
• Ovarian abnormalities