Endocrinology and Diabetology

What Are Endocrinology and Diabetology?

Endocrinology is a medical specialty that studies the work of the endocrine glands. These include the thyroid and parathyroid glands, pancreas, adrenal glands, gonads, thymus gland, pineal gland, and a complex hypothalamic-pituitary system. In recent years, the incidence of endocrine disorders has been growing due to people’s lifestyles, environmental pollution, increased life expectancy, and many other factors.

The symptoms of endocrine diseases are extremely diverse. Palpitation and irregular heartbeats, hyperhidrosis, hand tremors, headaches, weight gain, or loss can be signs of endocrine disorders. Therefore, their primary diagnosis is often made not by endocrinologists, but by other specialists: physicians, cardiologists, neurologists, etc.

In foreign countries, endocrinologists work closely with other specialized doctors because diseases are often accompanied by other problems and a variety of symptoms. Each specialist examines the patient and gives recommendations on further treatment and observes the person throughout the treatment course. Such an approach enables health care in developed countries to hold the bar high.

The Most Common Diseases

An endocrinologist is concerned with revealing the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the endocrine glands. The most common endocrine disorders include:

  1. Diabetes mellitus. It is a chronic disease associated with absolute insulin deficiency or insulin resistance. As a result, blood sugar increases, thus causing hyperglycemia, which affects vessels, eyes, kidneys, and other organs.
  2. Obesity is considered an epidemic of the 21st century. Overeating, diets with much calorie-rich food, and a sedentary lifestyle lead to excess fat deposits. Obesity declares itself not only through changing appearance, but also rapid fatigability, depressive disorders, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, and shortness of breath. Obesity often leads to type 2 diabetes, decreased immunity, and gastrointestinal diseases. In the vast majority of cases, obesity occurs due to an imbalance between calories consumed and burned. Secondary obesity (caused by another medical condition) occurs in less than 5% of all obesity cases.
  3. Osteoporosis is a systemic disease involving changes in the bone tissue structure induced by calcium depletion. Bones become fragile: people suffering from osteoporosis can get compound fractures even in minor everyday accidents. With age, the risk of osteoporosis grows.
  4. Thyrotoxicosis is a disease characterized by excessive thyroid hormone. This results in metabolic, nervous system, and circulatory disorders.
  5. Hyperthyroidism is caused by an underactive thyroid. Low levels of thyroid hormones lead to excess weight gain, bad mood, slow metabolism, and other symptoms.

Endocrine Diseases Treatment Methods

In endocrinology, treatment methods are aimed at relieving the symptoms or eliminating causes of the disease, as well as restoring the endocrine system functions. The problem lies in the fact that all the endocrine glands work together: dysfunction of one organ disrupts the work of all the others. Therefore, patients need combination therapy involving doctors of other specialties.

Surgery

Surgeons are mostly engaged in the treatment of thyroid, pancreas, and adrenal disorders. Surgery is used for mass and fast-growing lesions and cancer or in cases of ineffective non-surgical treatment. Together with the endocrinologist in charge, the surgeon considers indications for the operation on occasion because not all conditions require such radical cure.

Non-Surgical Treatment

Hospitals in Israel, Germany, Austria, and Turkey offer non-surgical treatment for diabetes, thyroid and adrenal disorders, mineral metabolism disorders, etc. The focus is made on weight management and obesity treatment as these problems quickly cause complications to all body systems and prevent patients from an active lifestyle, which only aggravates the situation. There are effective strategies for losing excess weight and overcoming obesity-related diseases. In developed countries, all treatment programs are based on a complex approach and scientific proof and prepared for each patient individually.

Also, treatment abroad includes training in special schools for a specific disease. They help solve the following tasks:

  • providing complete and true information on the disease, its possible complications, control and treatment methods;
  • building the right attitude to the condition and a competent health assessment;
  • self-control training, developing a diet suitable for a specific case;
  • cultivating interest in exercise therapy, gymnastics, and other types of physical activity.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation begins after hospital treatment and may last for the rest of the patient’s life. This long-term work includes follow-up examinations by an endocrinologist and consultations with other specialized doctors, mandatory self-monitoring, and healthy living. In case of lack of hormones, the patient is prescribed hormone replacement therapy, which permits them to attain functional compensation and improve the quality of life.

Hospitals — 9

Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Hadassah hospital

Jerusalem, Israel

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  • 1913 – foundation year
  • 1 189 beds
  • 850 specialists

Hadassah is a medical center considered one of the largest in Israel, where patients worldwide undergo examination, treatment, and recovery. The hospital is located in Jerusalem, there are two locations: Mount Scopus and Hadassah Ein Karem.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Rambam Medical Center

Haifa, Israel

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  • 1 000 beds
  • 6 labs,
  • 36 inpatient departments
  • 45 outpatient departments

One of Israel’s leading public hospitals, Rambam, is located in the city of Haifa and has everything necessary to provide first-class medical service to patients worldwide. Here they carry out diagnostics, therapy, and rehabilitation of children and adults with various ailments, ranging from hearing and vision problems to malignant tumors of internal organs.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh)

Tel Aviv, Israel

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  • 1948 – foundation year
  • 1000 beds
  • 3 400 medical personnel
  • 460 specialists

The Yitzhak Shamir Hospital is a modern center for treatment and diagnostics, which, in terms of the number of patients and staff, as well as the range of services provided, ranks 3rd among the state medical institutions. It occupies an area of about 0.3 hectares and is located in Beer Yaakov. Until 2017, the clinic was called Asaf HaRofe and was renamed in honor of the Israeli Prime Minister in the early 90s of the twentieth century.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Tel Aviv, Israel

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High demand among patients

  • 150 departments
  • 500 specialists
  • 25 000 surgeries per annum
  • 94 000 patients per annum

The Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) is one of the three largest Israeli hospitals, and even after being renamed in 1973, it is known among patients as the Ichilov clinic. People come here for primary examinations and verification of diagnoses, emergency care, and a wide range of surgical interventions, as well as for recovery and preventive tests. The hospital has gained popularity not only among residents but also among foreign tourists who are interested in receiving first-class medical services at reasonable prices.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Assuta Hospital

Tel Aviv, Israel

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High demand among patients

  • 1934 – foundation year
  • 400 beds
  • 765 specialists
  • 90 000 surgeries annually

The Assuta clinic chain ranks 7th in terms of profitability among Israeli medical institutions and attracts thousands of medical tourists from different parts of the world. The hospital’s history began in 1934, and the founder is Dr. Ben-Zion Harel, who arrived from Germany before the founding of Israel and opened a small center in Tel Aviv. Now, in addition to the main building, which occupies eight hectares, the network includes ten more clinics and dozens of clinical and inpatient departments throughout Israel.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Herzliya medical center

Herzliya, Israel

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  • 550 specialists
  • 120 departments
  • 8 000 patients annually
  • 20 000 surgeries annually

Topping many popularity ratings among Israeli and foreign patients, Herzliya Medical Center is a new-generation medical facility where patients can expect prompt and qualified care at fair prices.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Sheba Medical Center

Ramat-Gan, Israel

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  • 150 departments
  • 1990 beds
  • 1000+ medical specialists
  • 1M+ patients yearly

Having gone from an ordinary military hospital to an internationally recognized medical center, the Sheba Clinic has a huge clinical, rehabilitation, and research base, annually occupying the highest high positions in the ratings of Israeli hospitals. It has the status of a university center and about 150 departments. Sheba actively cooperates with other medical institutions in Israel, the USA, Germany, Japan, and other countries.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Confraternität Private Hospital (Privatklinik Confraternität)

Vienna, Austria

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High demand among patients

  • 3 operating theaters
  • 2 procedure rooms
  • 96 beds
  • 2 beds in the interdisciplinary sleep laboratory

The Confraternität Privatklinik was founded in 1729 and is located in the very center of Vienna, 25 km from the airport and 3.5 km from the railway station. The clinic is a multidisciplinary private medical institution providing patients with high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic services.

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Endocrinology and Diabetology — лечение в Vienna General Hospital—Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien

Vienna, Austria

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  • Founded in 1693
  • 2,137 beds
  • 1,464 specialists
  • 26 multidisciplinary clinics
  • 42 clinical institutes

A modern advanced university hospital with over three hundred years of history and thousands of employees. AKH is the oldest university hospital in Europe. With the capacity of 30 clinics and partner institutions, the Central Clinical Hospital of Vienna is rightfully considered one of the largest and most popular medical institutions among patients (including foreigners) in the country. AKH is called “a city within a city” because its vast territory has everything necessary for living, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating patients, as well as accommodating their accompanying persons.

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