{"id":17709,"date":"2025-07-08T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:06:30","slug":"diabetes-endocrinology","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/","title":{"rendered":"Endocrinologia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-treating-diabetes-in-ma-amp-ri-with-compassion-amp-care\">Treating Diabetes in MA &amp; RI with Compassion &amp; Care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Diabetes is a condition that affects how your body uses glucose or blood sugar. When you have diabetes, it means that you have high blood glucose or too much sugar in your blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two types of diabetes that our endocrinologists and diabetes educators at Southcoast Health can help treat in Fall River, Dartmouth, Wareham, MA and Portsmouth, RI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Diabetes tipo 1<\/strong> - Anteriormente conhecida como diabetes juvenil, este tipo ocorre quando o p\u00e2ncreas produz pouca ou nenhuma insulina.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diabetes tipo 2<\/strong> - Este tipo de diabetes afecta a forma como o corpo processa o a\u00e7\u00facar no sangue. As pessoas com antecedentes familiares de diabetes, com excesso de peso, obesas ou com uma dieta hipercal\u00f3rica correm maior risco de desenvolver diabetes tipo 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also have prediabetes, which means that your blood sugar is high but not at the level of Type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes can be reversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/diabetes-management\/\">Southcoast Diabetes Management Program<\/a>, we help people of all ages across our community gain education and tools to understand and cope with diabetes. We also provide care and treatment for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/hypertension\/\">Hipertens\u00e3o<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/thyroid-disease\/\">Thyroid disease<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy and can be resolved once the baby is delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-an-endocrinologist\">What Is an Endocrinologist?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Endocrinologists treat patients with a host of conditions and diseases related to the human body\u2019s complex system of glands and hormones. Hormonal disruptions cause conditions that affect millions of people, including diabetes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/thyroid-disease\/\">thyroid disorders<\/a>, obesity, infertility, growth disorders, sleep disorders, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/thyroid-cancer\/\">endocrine cancers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-endocrine-disorders-that-we-treat\">Endocrine Disorders that We Treat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common endocrine disorders are diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease. Other endocrine disorders that our Southcoast endocrinologists treat include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Disorders of the pituitary glands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disorders of the adrenal glands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disorders related to calcium metabolism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/orthopedics\/osteoporosis\/\">Osteoporose<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obesidade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disorders of insulin resistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low testosterone levels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Premature menopause<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you and your primary care physician believe that you have an endocrine disorder that requires specialty services, you may be referred to one of our Southcoast endocrinology providers in Fall River, North Dartmouth, Wareham, MA and Portsmouth, RI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Southcoast Health offers many resources and support for patients with diabetes and endocrine disorders in Fall River, North Dartmouth, Wareham, MA and Portsmouth, RI, as well as the surrounding areas.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treating Diabetes in MA &amp; RI with Compassion &amp; Care Diabetes is a condition that affects how your body uses glucose or blood sugar. 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