By Century Medical & Dental Center (Flatbush)
03/02/2022 Endocrinology is the medical practice that deals with hormonal problems. Your hormones affect so many of your other body parts and how your body functions that it’s likely at some point, you may receive a referral from one of our primary care physicians to an endocrinologist in Brooklyn. It’s vital that your endocrinology doctor receives a complete picture of your health, how it relates to your symptoms, what your medical history entails and what other, sometimes seemingly unrelated, symptoms you may be experiencing.
Note: Our endocrinologists at Century Medical and Dental Center located in Downtown Brooklyn, Flatbush, Gravesend Fort Greene and Midtown Manhattan locations are accepting all major insurance plans including Medicare, Medicaid, HIP, Emblemhealth, GHI, MetroPlus, Fidelis. Our top rated doctors providing a full range of medical procedures and are among the best endocrinology specialists in the region.
Endocrinology refers to your hormones — including the imbalances that may occur and your affected tissues or glands. Hormones regulate many of the processes in your body that impact your everyday health, including:
- Growth
- Sensory perception
- Metabolism
- Movement
- Reproduction
With more than 50 different hormones in the human body, hormone imbalances can cause significant health concerns. Your endocrinologist in Brooklyn works closely with a number of other specialists to help determine the source of your symptoms. At Century Medical and Dental, many medical specialties are available in one place. Possible glands affected by hormone imbalance include your:
- Hypothalamus, the source of involuntary body functions such as breathing and heart rate
- Pancreas, a gland that regulates insulin production
- Ovaries that produce primary estrogen and progesterone in women
- Testes that produce the androgens such as testosterone in men
- Adrenal gland, the site of natural steroid production
- Parathyroid gland, primarily responsible for regulating calcium and phosphates in your blood
- Pituitary gland that regulates most other glands, as well as growth hormones, sexual development, thyroid function, adrenocortical function and skin pigmentation
- Pineal gland, responsible for the production of melatonin and reproductive hormones
- Thymus gland, the key to producing immune cells
- Thyroid gland, which regulates blood pressure, heart rate, metabolism, food absorption and body temperature
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Century Medical and Dental Center Flatbush is a dynamic, modern multi-specialty clinic delivering high-quality individualized health care in multiple convenient locations in Brooklyn: Gravesend, Flatbush and in the center of Metrotech Downtown Brooklyn on Livingston Street. A collaborative clinic th…
