Pediatrics
What is Pediatric Health and Diseases?
Child health and diseases is the science that provides preventive health services, diagnosis, and treatment to children from birth to age 18. First, following healthy children, monitoring their development, and taking preventative measures against diseases is essential. However, pediatricians perform examinations, treatments, and follow-ups if a disease develops.
While these services are provided in the general pediatric outpatient clinic, our physicians accept patients in many sub-branch outpatient clinics.
What Diseases Does Child Health and Diseases Treat?
Physicians, who work meticulously in the diagnosis and treatment of many different ailments, starting from anomalies or disorders that may occur in the baby in the womb during pregnancy, serve in the following areas:
Pediatric Surgery
Congenital anomalies, burns, and injuries that require surgical intervention, circumcision in boys, appendicitis, anal fissures or polyps, hernia types, disorders such as hemangioma or lesion on the skin, and many other different fields are within the scope of pediatric surgery.
Pediatric Hematology
Hematology, which means blood science, is the branch of medicine that deals with diagnosing and treating blood and bone marrow diseases. Hematological diseases seen in childhood include fatigue, exhaustion, frequent infections, enlarged lymph nodes, bone and joint pain, bleeding, weight problems, polycythemia, jaundice, lymphoma, leukemia, and Mediterranean anemia.
Pediatric Nephrology
The branch of nephrology that deals with kidney and urinary system diseases includes urinary tract infections, acute renal failure, dialysis, antenatal hydronephrosis, urinary system anomalies, urinary system stone disease, vesicoureteral reflux, and kidney transplantation.
Pediatric Gastroenterology
The esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder are the organs that make up the digestive system. Gastroenterology is the branch of science that examines all organs in the digestive system and the diseases arising from these organs. The unit that checks and treats all children aged 0-18 in this area is the pediatric gastroenterology unit.
The primary diseases this unit treats are constipation, diarrhea, reflux, jaundice, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, and other gastroenterological system diseases.
Child Rheumatology
Pediatric rheumatology is the branch of science that deals with diagnosing and treating rheumatic diseases in children between the ages of 0 and 18. Childhood rheumatic diseases are multisystem diseases characterized by acute and chronic inflammation of the musculoskeletal system (joints and muscles), vessels, and skin.
The primary diseases are Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), Recurrent Fevers Due to a Genetic Disorder, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Childhood Rheumatism), Psoriatic arthritis, Enthesitis-related arthritis, Juvenile Spondyloarthropathy, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Vasculitis, Henöch Schonlein Purpura, Kawasaki disease, Behçet's disease (BS), Childhood dermatomyositis (juvenile dermatomyositis), Scleroderma, pain syndromes, Hypermobility syndrome and other rheumatological system diseases.
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric cardiology is the branch of science that deals with the heart problems of all children up to the age of 18, starting from the time the baby spends in the womb. In this process, heart diseases in children may be congenital or may appear later. The pediatric cardiology department deals with the treatment of not only children up to the age of 18 but also adults with congenital heart disease.
Pediatric Endocrinology
Endocrine glands in the body undertake the task of secreting hormones. The system in which all endocrine glands are located is the endocrine system. Secreted hormones have various tasks, such as growth, development, reproduction, and controlling external reactions. Endocrinology is the unit branch that deals with the diseases that occur due to the glands not working correctly. The unit that deals with the hormonal disorders of all children in the 0-18 age group and the diseases that occur in response to these disorders is pediatric endocrinology.
The primary diseases are; Early Puberty, Growth Retardation, Obesity, Diabetes, Thyroid and Goiter, Rickets, Turner Syndrome, Sexual Development Disorders, Osteoporosis (Bone Loss) and other rheumatological system diseases.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The department, which monitors the mental, cognitive, social, and academic development of individuals under the age of 18 by physicians specializing in child and adolescent mental health after medical education, is under the expertise of child and adolescent psychiatry. Child and adolescent psychiatry helps clients in the treatment of many mental problems as well as disorders such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, depression, autism, learning disorders, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorders, personality problems, sleep problems, eating problems, speech disorders, and sexual development.
Pediatric Immunology and Allergy Diseases
Allergic diseases, known as an overreaction of the immune system against normally harmless allergens, reduce the quality of life of individuals. The pediatric immunology and allergy unit deals with diagnosing and treating the immune system and allergic diseases resulting from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Physicians who diagnose and treat diseases such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema, atopic dermatitis, food allergies, and allergic rhinitis, as well as conditions that cause significant reactions in the body, such as bee stings and anaphylaxis, are included in this unit.
Pediatric Oncology
Cancers that occur as a result of the uncontrolled proliferation of body cells are among the severe diseases that affect children as well as adults. Pediatric oncologists, who diagnose and treat diseases in this field, play an influential role in diagnosing and treating oncological disorders such as lymphoma, leukemia, and different types of tumors that can occur in other parts of the body.
In addition to the diseases mentioned above, pediatricians work in a wide area for babies, children, and adolescents. Physicians who work in a wide range of areas, from emergency services of hospitals to intensive care units, from routine baby development controls to serious pediatric diseases, aim to raise healthy individuals by meticulously performing their duties.
