What is COVID-19? Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. What is the difference between Corona and […]
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How do I manage Diabetes when I am not well?
Any stress for example infection may raise your sugar; this is a normal response of the body. In stressful situation checking sugar more often is advisable. You should not stop your medicine without your doctor’s advice because you are ill. If you can not manage to take your regular diet best is to replace the […]
Growth Hormone in adults, a reality?
There are several ways you can become deficient in GH, commonest one is after removal of pituitary tumour. Problem surrounding Pituitary gland, after radiotherapy, head injury, brain infection like meningitis, encephalitis you may become GH deficient. Although rare, Pituitary gland can become underactive in adults for no apparent reason called Primary Empty Sella Syndrome. How […]
Pituitary Tumour Surgery
Once diagnosed with Pituitary tumour, we need to find out the extent of the tumour and most importantly the functional state of the Pituitary hormones. Prolactin secreting tumours can be managed by medical therapy. In a significant number of times Pituitary gland does not secrete hormone, so they cause pressure effect on surrounding structures or […]
Everything you wanted to know about Prolactinoma
Prolactin is a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland which mainly plays a significant role in helping milk secretion in the postpartum period. What causes prolactin levels to go high? Drugs like Metoclopromide, Chlorpromazine, anti-depressants like Amitriptyline & Fluoxitene Underactive thyroid gland Prolactinomas – Prolactin-producing tumour of the pituitary gland. Prolactinomas occur most commonly […]
Pituitary: How to I know my Gland is ok?
What hormones can be checked? All the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland can be checked using simple blood tests. How can I see the Pituitary Gland? The pituitary gland is best visualized by a MR scan of the brain, though an X-ray or a CT scan can throw some light on the anatomy of […]
Everything you wanted to know about Hypopituitarism
What is hypopituitarism? Hypopituitarism otherwise called as pituitary insufficiency refers to the low levels of circulating pituitary hormones. The clinical features of hypopituitarism are those of pituitary hormonal deficiencies. What causes hypopituitarism? Pituitary tumors Radiotherapy (pituitary, brain, nasopharyngeal) Inflammation of the Pituitary called Hypophysitis Invasion of the pituitary gland (Sarcoidosis, haemochromatosis) Empty sella syndrome (Pituitary […]
Common Symtoms
A small note to tell you….. A young executive after consulting for her thyroid asked “Anyway doc, what is your relation with criminals, why are you called Endocriminologist?” It goes without saying the colour of her face after she was explained it is Endocrinology and there is nothing as Endocriminology neither we have any connection […]
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Adrenocortical crisis electrocardiogram
Screening for genetic haemochromatosis in blood samples with raised alanine aminotranferase M Bhavani, D Lioyd, A Bhattacharyya, J Marples, P Elton, M Worwood In the UK approximately 1 in 140 people are homozygous for the C282Y mutuation of the HFE gene and are at risk from iron overload caused by genetic haemochromatosis (GH). Early detection […]