Conditions treated
An index of
the endocrine
childhood.
Eight groups, roughly fifty conditions. Some are common enough to see weekly; some arrive once a year. If what brings you here is not listed, it is still worth asking, because much of this speciality begins as a question nobody has answered yet.
Growth & Stature
When a child is shorter, taller or growing faster than expected, and when that difference is worth investigating.
- Short stature
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Constitutional delay of growth & puberty
- Small for gestational age with poor catch-up
- Tall stature & rapid growth
- Skeletal dysplasias affecting height
- Turner syndrome
- Faltering growth in infancy
Diabetes in Children
Insulin, pumps, sensors and school days. A plan built around your child's actual life, not a textbook one.
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Type 2 diabetes in adolescents
- Neonatal & monogenic diabetes (MODY)
- Diabetic ketoacidosis follow-up
- Insulin pump & CGM initiation
- Hypoglycaemia in infancy
- Diabetes with cystic fibrosis or thalassaemia
- Carbohydrate counting & sick-day rules
Thyroid
From newborn screening to the adolescent with a lump in the neck. The gland that quietly sets the pace for everything.
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Autoimmune (Hashimoto) thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism & Graves disease
- Goitre & thyroid nodules
- Thyroid cancer follow-up in children
- Thyroid disease in Down syndrome
Puberty & Adolescence
Too early, too late, or simply confusing. Puberty is where endocrinology and adolescence meet, and both deserve time.
- Precocious (early) puberty
- Delayed puberty
- Premature thelarche & adrenarche
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Irregular or absent periods
- Gynaecomastia in boys
- Hirsutism & acne with hormonal cause
Obesity & Metabolic Health
Weight is a symptom, never a character flaw. We look for the cause and build a plan a family can actually keep.
- Childhood & adolescent obesity
- Insulin resistance & acanthosis nigricans
- Metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver
- Syndromic & monogenic obesity
- Dyslipidaemia in children
- Prediabetes screening
Bone, Calcium & Vitamin D
Bowed legs, fractures that come too easily, or calcium that will not settle where it should.
- Nutritional & refractory rickets
- Hypophosphataemic rickets
- Hypocalcaemia & hypoparathyroidism
- Hypercalcaemia
- Osteogenesis imperfecta, endocrine care
- Vitamin D deficiency
Adrenal & Pituitary
The command centres. Small glands with long consequences, and the conditions that need lifelong partnership.
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Adrenal insufficiency & Addison disease
- Cushing syndrome in children
- Hypopituitarism
- Diabetes insipidus
- Pituitary & hypothalamic tumours
Newborn & Genetic Endocrinology
Careful, unhurried, confidential evaluation with a multidisciplinary team, and full support for the family throughout.
- Neonatal endocrine disorders
- Ambiguous genitalia in the newborn
- Undescended testes & micropenis
- Primary amenorrhoea evaluation
- Klinefelter & Turner syndrome
- Endocrine emergencies in children
Asked often.
- Which conditions does a paediatric endocrinologist treat?
- Hormone-related conditions in children and adolescents: growth and short stature, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, thyroid disease, early and delayed puberty, obesity and metabolic disease, rickets and calcium disorders, adrenal and pituitary conditions, and differences of sex development.
- Do I need a referral to see a paediatric endocrinologist?
- No. Families can book directly. That said, bringing a summary from your paediatrician, along with all previous reports and growth records, makes the first consultation considerably more useful.
- At what age should a child be seen for short stature?
- At any age where growth is a concern, but particularly if the growth rate is under about 4 to 5 centimetres a year in a school-aged child, if the child is crossing downwards through centile bands, or if height is well below the range predicted by the parents' heights.
- Is early puberty urgent?
- Pubertal signs in a girl under eight or a boy under nine should be assessed without long delay. Early puberty is easier to manage before the growth plates have advanced, so a few months can matter.
More questions are answered at length in the Blog, and practically in Your Visit.
Bring the old
reports. Bring the
questions too.
Consultations are booked through Neotia Bhagirathi Woman and Child Care Centre in New Town. Call the hospital, or book online, and describe the concern when you do; you will be told what to bring with you.
Prefer to speak to someone? 033 6640 5000 or +91 91473 31175
- Neotia Bhagirathi Woman and Child Care Centre, New Town
Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Premises No. 27-0327, Plot No. DG-20/17 & DG-20/21, Street No. 327, Action Area 1D
New Town, Kolkata 700 156By appointment · Please call the hospital for current OPD timings
Appointments can be booked through the hospital, by phone or online.
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