To know which doctor treats the disease, the symptoms of which are manifested by certain discomfort and pain, one should consult a therapist. He writes down all complaints of the patient, checks and compares the symptoms of the disease with laboratory data. Therapist carries out a diagnosis of the collected anamnesis, then he sends the patient to an appointment with a specialist who treats the underlying disease.
One modern specialist deals with the treatment of several diseases at once, or several specialists lead one disease. If the symptoms are contradictory, additional diagnosis is performed to adjust the treatment regimen.
Let's consider the circle of professional duties of doctors of the basic specialties more closely.
What does endocrinologist treat a doctor?
Which doctor treats diabetes? Endocrinologist is a specialist who deals with the violation of:
- hormonal background of the body and metabolic processes;
- functional work: the thyroid gland, pituitary gland( it regulates the function of other endocrine glands), parathyroid gland, adrenal cortex, pancreas, thymus and sex glands.
Endocrinologist also treats:
- obesity of all types;
- hypothyroidism, goiter;
- pheochromocytoma( hormonally active tumor in the adrenal glands);
- manifestations of osteoporosis;
- acute climacteric symptoms;
- oncogenic diseases of the endocrine system;
- hormone infertility;
- neoplasms of various degrees.
Adjacent specialties with an END-specialist
physician endocrinologist-geneticist deals with:
- Pathologies inherited, including diabetes, gigantism, dwarfism.
- Family Diseases.
Doctor gynecologist-endocrinologist is engaged in pathologies of testicles in men and ovaries in women, infertility of women and men.
Endocrinologist-surgeon performs operations in acute( 1-2) stage of diabetes mellitus. It removes pheochromocytoma, because in its presence in the adrenal glands the person suffers from hypertensive crises( with high BP indices) and orthostatic hypotension( sharp decrease in blood pressure on rising), headaches, increased palpitation and sweating
. The endocrinologist-diabetologist is responsible for healthy diabetic nutrition. Endocrinologist-thiomediologist deals with the treatment of thyroid gland diseases.
What are the doctors treating the urologist and andrologist-urologist?
Before answering, which doctor treats impotence, you need to know the main reason for its occurrence.
Urologist treats the problems of the genitourinary system of men and is engaged in inflammatory processes in the kidneys, bladder, urethra. These processes adversely affect male potency.
Andrologist-urologist also treats diseases that develop impotence:
- disorders of male sexual functions;
- hormonal dysfunction of the reproductive system of men;
- diseases transmitted through sexual contact;
- impotence against the background of chlamydia, gardnerelleza, mycoplasma, genital herpes, ureaplasmosis.
Which doctors can treat the disease of one particular organ?
Who treats the prostate?
Prostate is treated by doctors:
- urologist - conducts examination and diagnostics, prescribes treatment;
- physiotherapist - uses ultrasound, magnetic field and laser to relieve the symptoms of prostatitis;
- surgeon-urologist performs prostate massage;
- immunologist - treats chronic prostatitis against the background of an immune system disorder;
- the psychotherapist - deduces men from depressions, suffering impotence against a background of a chronic prostatitis.
Who treats pancreatitis?
Therapist confirms( or eliminates) the diagnosis of pancreatitis based on examination and palpation of the abdomen, patient complaints and laboratory tests, including ultrasound examination. He clarifies the nature, localization and nature of pain.
If the pain is related to the pathology( inflammation or pancreatitis) of the pancreas, then the patient undergoes a medical examination:
- of the surgeon or resuscitation specialist - in the presence of an acute attack of pancreatitis;
- of the gastroenterologist - by the appointment of treatment, he eliminates the main symptoms of pancreatitis, restores the functional work of the pancreas, prescribes therapeutic nutrition to avoid exacerbations;
- endocrinologist to avoid exacerbation and complications - diabetes. The endocrinologist's actions significantly affect the treatment of pancreatitis.
After the course of treatment of pancreatitis, the pancreas is observed by the therapist in the future, periodically sending the patient to the examination for doctors: a surgeon, a gastroenterologist and an endocrinologist.
Who treats obesity?
In addition to an endocrinologist, the nutrition problems of an obese person are dealt with by a nutritionist and surgeon. As a result of additional studies, they determine the cause of obesity: metabolic disturbances or malnutrition. The functional work of the thyroid gland and, in general, the hormonal system is evaluated, the hormonal background normalizes.
Surgeon uses operational methods for treating obesity:
- liposuction - removes excess fat in the subcutaneous tissue;
- abdominoplasty - eliminates the drooping and large abdomen;
- "excludes" parts of the small intestine from digestive functional work( enteroanastomoses bypass);
- puts rings on the stomach to reduce its volume and accelerate saturation.
Who treats adrenal diseases?
The adrenal cortex( paired endocrine glands) produces the following:
- mineralocorticoids;
- of glucocorticoids;
- of sex hormones,
Adrenal medulla - production of catecholamines:
- adrenaline;
- norepinephrine;
- dopamine, especially when pheochromocytoma is a tumor of chromaffin tissue.
The pheochromocytoma manifests itself as a violation of metabolic processes and arterial hypertension. Chromaffin tissue synthesizes, absorbs, stores and reproduces catecholamines. Any nervous stimulation forces you to throw these hormones into the blood. Therefore, only a surgeon can cure a pheochromocytoma.
Conducts all adrenal diseases endocrinologist after the initial examination by the physician-therapist. To remove the adrenal glands, the surgeon applies the operation - adrenalectomy.
