An endocrinologist is a doctor who specializes in the endocrine system. This network of glands inside your body creates hormones that help cells talk to each other. The endocrine system is varied and complex, but one important job it has is to help with reproduction. A reproductive endocrinologist, sometimes referred to as an RE, is an obstetrician or gynaecologist (OB/GYN) physician who diagnoses and treats endocrine disorders that are either directly or indirectly related to reproduction. They largely deal with issues related to infertility, when you are unable to get pregnant after one year of unprotected sex. Reproductive endocrinology describes the hormones and control mechanisms that regulate sexual development, sexual function, and reproduction. Disorders of reproductive endocrinology can occur from abnormal changes anywhere in the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis and can include a wide range of symptoms including infertility, hirsutism, virilisation, oligomenorrhea and amenorrhea in women, and infertility and altered sexual function in men.

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