Internal Medicine Clinic

It is a discipline of Internal Medicine that studies the endocrine system and the diseases caused by its improper functioning. Some of the diseases that endocrinology deals with are diabetes mellitus caused by insulin deficiency or resistance to its action, hypothyroidism due to a deficit in thyroid hormone production, hyperthyroidism due to excessive production of thyroid hormones, Cushing's disease generally caused by excessive cortisol production by the adrenal glands, and hyperaldosteronism or aldosteronism characterized by the overproduction and secretion of the hormone aldosterone.