Paediatric Endocrinology Unit at Yashoda Hospital

The Paediatric Endocrinology Unit at the Center for neonatology and paediatric surgery is a committed unit that provides the most comprehensive diagnosis and medical treatment care for children and adolescents having diseases of the endocrine system, like growth disorders and diabetes.

Our hospital comprehends that the most common disease of the paediatric endocrinology speciality is type 1 diabetes in children. Children amenable to growth hormone treatment suffers from growth disorders. Also, paediatric endocrinologists are involved with the medical care of children and infant suffering from intersex disorders. We also treat hypoglycemia and other types of hyperglycemia in childhood, variations of puberty, as well as thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary problems. Our doctors specialized and expertly trained in lipid metabolism, bone metabolism, adolescent gynaecology, or inborn errors of metabolism.

Our team of expert doctors and dedicated surgeons follow a patient-centric approach, where we put your child first. We function jointly with radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, ophthalmologist, oncologists, and diverse professionals, including adult endocrinology, to provide you world-class benefits that satisfy the unmet needs of every child.

What is a Paediatric Endocrinologist?

Hormones are the chemicals that impact how other parts of the body work. For instance, your hormones decide how a child grows and matures. Endocrine glands like the pituitary gland, release hormones into the bloodstream. The science of studying these glands and the effects of the hormones is called as endocrinology.

If your child is suffering from issues of puberty, growth, diabetes or other problems related to the body’s hormones and the gland which releases it, a paediatric endocrinologist will treat your child.

We have specialized and expert paediatric endocrinologists who take on complex cases and treat them quite differently as we know that children problems are different form the adults. Our paediatric endocrinologists have past experience of treating hormone disorders at all stages of childhood and the teen years.

What Are The Medical Services Provided At Paediatric Endocrinology Unit?

Some of the significant services offered by us include:

• Diabetes Program for Children
• Weight Management Clinic (based on individualized approaches to meet the needs of every patient)
  • Personalized psychosocial evaluation
  • Personalized nutritional evaluation
  • Bariatric surgery assessment
• Intensive insulin therapy
• Endocrine procedures
  • Radioactive iodine treatment
  • Fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules
• Endocrine surgeries
  • Adrenal surgery
  • Parathyroid and thyroid surgeries
• Neurosurgical procedures
  • Endoscopic transnasal pituitary surgery
  • Gamma Knife radiosurgery
• Rehabilitation for patient and family after treatment

What Are The Medical Conditions We Treat Under Paediatric Endocrinology Unit?

Some of the significant conditions we treat include:

• Adrenal glands disorders
• Growth disorders
• Lipid disorders
• Pituitary disorders
• Puberty disorders
• Thyroid disorders, including thyroid cancer
• Bone and mineral disorders
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Childhood obesity
• Diabetes, including
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
• Multiple endocrine neoplasias (MEN) such as,
  • Type 1 (MEN 1)
  • Type 2 (MEN 2)
• Short and Tall Stature
• Growth Disorders
• Thyroid Disorders
• Early or Delayed Puberty
• Disorders of Development Organs or Genitalia
• Metabolic Bone Diseases and Calcium Disorders
• Hirsutism and Polycystic Ovarian Disease in Adolescents