Hormone Conditions (Endocrine Conditions)

UK sources of information and / or support

  Patient UK (this website) Has a number of leaflets on hormone conditions and details of various patient support groups relevant to people with hormone conditions.

 Pituitary Foundation

Provides support to people with pituitary conditions, and contains numerous factsheets. The foundation also provides support for the family members and carers of people with pituitary conditions.

 AMEND (Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders

The Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders (AMEND) is a patient support group set up in 2002 in order to offer help and information for the rare genetic conditions of MEN1 and 2.

 Testosterone Deficiency Centre

Offers information regarding detection, testing, treatment and therapies for people with testosterone deficiency (hypogonadism). also provides email support.

 Hyperparathyroidism - cinacalcet

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Hyperparathyroidism - cinacalcet.

 Gentle Giant

A site about pituitary gland problems. The author suffered from gigantism as a child. His pituitary gland was removed at the age of 11 (in 1981), and he has been taking medication ever since.

 British Society of Paediatric Endocrinologists

A professional organisation but includes lots of factsheets on childhood hormone related conditions on their patient information section. Includes factsheets on:

• Achondroplasia
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS)
• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Coeliac Disease
• Delayed Puberty
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Grave's Disease (Thyrotoxicosis)
• Growing Pains
• Gynaecomastia Hypopituitarism
• Hypothyroidism
• Klinefelter's Syndrome
• Labial Adhesions
• Marfan's Syndrome
• Overweight
• Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (PAIS)
• Precocious Puberty
• Steroid Replacement Steroid Treatment
• Tall Stature
• Turner's Syndrome

See also the diabetes page, the over active thyroid page and the under active thyroid page

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.