The Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes provides comprehensive outpatient services, tailored to the needs of children and adolescents with endocrine and metabolic disorders . Proper and timely management of endocrine disorders plays a crucial role in a child’s physical development, therefore, having a strong service in this direction is of particular importance.
The center successfully manages patients with thyroid gland disorders, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, growth delays, metabolic and hormonal disorders, obesity, disorders of sexual differentiation and others. A wide range of laboratory and instrumental studies are available (computed tomography, ultrasonography and others ).
Disease management methods are based on modern guidelines. Type 1 diabetes, insulin–dependent patients are treated using technological innovation methods. Insulin pumps are used, which achieve effects close to physiological insulin production. Additionally, the Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes successfully diagnoses and treats conditions, such as :
- Congenital and acquired adrenal dysfunction;
- Thyroid gland diseases;
- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes ;
- Hypoglycemia (from neonatal age);
- Obesity and, weight deficiency,
- Growth disorders;
- Disorders of sexual differentiation (DSD);
- Endocrine tumors
- Post–tumor endocrinopathies;
- Endocrine causes of arterial hypertension;
- Rare genetic diseases;
Furthermore, Iashvili Children’s Hospital comprehensively manages rare endocrine disorders, such as chondrodysplasia, Prader-Willi syndrome, hypopituitarism, Down syndrome, McCune-Albright syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
Disease management methods are based on modern guidelines. Type 1 diabetes, insulin–dependent patients are treated using technological innovation methods. Insulin pumps are used, which achieve effects close to physiological insulin production. Additionally, the Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes successfully diagnoses and treats conditions, such as :
- Congenital and acquired adrenal dysfunction;
- Thyroid gland diseases;
- Various types of water and electrolyte disorders
- Hypoglycemia (from neonatal age);
- Obesity and, weight deficiency, growth disorders, tall stature;
- Disorders of sexual differentiation (DSD);
- Endocrine tumors, post–tumor endocrinopathies;
- Endocrine causes of arterial hypertension;
It’s worth noting, that Iashvili Children’s Hospital is the only pediatric hospital in the country, that comprehensively manages rare endocrine disorders. These include – chondrodysplasia, Prader-Willi syndrome, hypopituitarism, Down syndrome, McCune-Albright syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome).