Hormones are responsible for many functions in the body. The glands that produce hormones form the endocrine (hormonal) system. Glands that make up the endocrine system include the hypophysis, hypothalamus, thyroid and parathyroid glands, pancreas, ovaries and testes, adrenal glands, and endothelial cells lining the inner surface of blood vessels. Hormones produced and secreted by the endocrine glands are inadequately secreted, not secreted at all or secreted in excess of normal levels, causing hormonal diseases.
Many diseases such as deficiencies in the absorption of vitamins and minerals, sexual diseases, diabetes, obesity and goiter are within the specialty of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Clinics. At the same time, the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of fat, carbohydrate and protein metabolism, which often occur congenitally due to hereditary factors, are also carried out by Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Clinics.