Branch of Internal Medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the endocrine system, that is, the glands that secrete hormones that regulate and control metabolism, reproduction, growth and sexual development.

Virtually all the activities of the human body are therefore controlled by hormones. This is why it is very important that everything works properly, since a small imbalance could have chain reactions. Functional and nodular pathologies of the thyroid, diabetes, menopause, osteoporosis, dyslipidaemia, infertility, growth defects, benign and malignant tumours of these glands, disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, weight and feeding disorders, these are the main pathologies affecting endocrinology.