Conditions

Our experts at Mary Bridge Children’s Diabetes & Endocrinology can evaluate and treat a wide range of endocrine and metabolic conditions affecting children. The following is a list of conditions we treat at Mary Bridge Children’s, along with helpful resources for children and their families.

Adrenal disorders

• Adrenal insufficiency
• Cushing’s syndrome
• Steroid withdrawal

Bone health

• Hypercalcemia
• Hypocalcemia
• Low bone density/osteoporosis
• Rickets
• Vitamin D deficiency

Diabetes

• Type 1 diabetes
  • Educational videos
• Type 2 diabetes
  • General information from American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Helpful guidebook from the American Diabetes Association
• Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
• Monogenic diabetes
• Basic pump failure guidelines

Disorders of sexual development

• Ambiguous genitalia

Genetic endocrine disorders

• DiGeorge syndrome
• Klinefelter syndrome
• Turner syndrome
• Prader-Willi syndrome

Growth

• Short stature
• Growth hormone injections

Hyperandrogenism

• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
  • Guide for families
  • PCOS nutrition information

Hypoglycemia

• Congenital hyperinsulinism

Pituitary disorders

• Diabetes insipidus
• Multiple pituitary hormone deficiency
• Prolactinoma
• Endocrine effects of pituitary surgery

Puberty

• Delayed puberty
  • Girls
  • Boys
• Precocious puberty
• Pubertad precoz
• Premature adrenarche
• Premature thelarche

Thyroid disorders

• Hypothyroidism
  • Thyroid hormone administration
• Congenital hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Thyroid nodules
• Thyroid cancer

Obesity-related conditions

• Related comorbidities

Endocrine effects after cancer treatment

Mary Bridge Children’s also offers gender health care.