PREVALENCE OF SOME ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN GEORGIA UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to review the spread of some endocrine disorders in Georgia under the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The distribution of some diseases of the endocrine system between 2015 and 2021 was analyzed, such as diabetes mellitus - type I and II, as well as thyroid gland diseases - iodine-deficiency hypothyroidism and other forms of hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, thyrotoxicosis. It was determined that during the pandemic, the morbidity rate of these diseases was significantly (almost 2 times) lower than the values recorded before the pandemic. It should be noted that, most likely, these indicators cannot reflect the true number of patients, which is related to the isolation of the population and the disruption of registration in the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic. Disorders of the endocrine system, nutrition and metabolism during the current pandemic have not yet been adequately studied. The association between endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders and covid-19 is mostly tentative and based on recent small-scale studies. In order to obtain reliable conclusions about the existence of a correlation relationship, it is necessary to continue research on the mentioned issue, in particular, to study the detection and frequency of cases of thyroid gland and pancreas dysfunction in groups of people infected with and vaccinated against Covid-19.