What I treat
Adults with diabetes, thyroid, pituitary and adrenal conditions, and general medical problems. If you are not sure whether your problem fits, ring my secretary and ask.
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Whether newly diagnosed or long established, the aim is control you can live with and a plan that fits your life.
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Newly diagnosed diabetes
- Diabetes that has become hard to control
- Insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring reviews
- Diabetic foot problems
- Diabetic eye and kidney complications -
Most thyroid problems are very treatable once the diagnosis is clear.
- Underactive thyroid and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Overactive thyroid and Graves' disease
- Thyroid nodules and goitre
- Thyroiditis -
These are less common conditions and often need a specialist eye to be recognised. They are my particular interest.
- Pituitary tumours and prolactinoma
- Acromegaly
- Hypopituitarism
- Diabetes insipidus
- Cushing's syndrome
- Addison's disease and adrenal insufficiency
- Adrenal tumours and phaeochromocytoma
- Hyperaldosteronism and hormone-driven high blood pressure -
- High or low calcium
- Parathyroid disease
- Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Low testosterone and male hormone problems -
Problems that do not fit one box, or that need a physician's overview.
- Obesity and weight management
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Abnormal blood tests
- General medical problems
Second opinions
If you have a diagnosis and want it looked at again, or have symptoms that have not been explained, a second opinion is a reasonable thing to ask for. Bring what you have — letters, results, a list of medicines — and I will tell you what I think.