Pediatrics

Pediatrics

It is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, follow-up and treatment of patients from birth to the age of 18. Diseases of interest in this branch have a wide spectrum. Therefore, specific sub-branches have been derived for each disease group for pediatric diseases.

Medical Services

Child Endocrinology

It deals with diseases related to the hormones secreted by the endocrine glands.

  • Growth-Development Retardation
  • Short stature, Growth Hormone Deficiency
  • Diabetes (Diabetes), Insulin Resistance
  • Obesity (Obesity)
  • Goiter, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Thyroid Nodule
  • Early and Delayed Adolescence
  • Excessive Hairiness
  • Menstrual Irregularity, Polycystic Ovary
  • Penile Smallness (Micropenis)
  • Undescended Testicle
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  • Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's Disease)
  • Cushing's Syndrome (Excess Cortisone)
  • Bone and Calcium Diseases, Vitamin D Deficiency
  • Pituitary Hormone Excess and Pituitary Insufficiency
  • Diabetes Insipidus (Diabetes Insipidus)
Child Gastroenterology and Heaptology
Child Gastroenterology and Heaptology

It is the branch of diagnosis and treatment of liver, stomach and intestinal diseases.

  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Corrosive esophagitis
  • Acute and Chronic Gastritis
  • Gastritis due to Helicobacter pylori microbe
  • Ulcer, Dyspepsia
  • Chronic diarrhea and failure to grow, Celiac disease
  • Food and cow's milk allergy, Constipation
  • Bloody stool, Polyp
  • Growth retardation and colitis (ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease)
  • Jaundice and hepatitis (hepatitis b, c, d, e) autoimmune hepatitis
  • Wilson's disease
  • Bile ducts and gallbladder diseases
  • Pancreatic diseases
  • Anorexia, Obesity
Child Nephrology
  • Kidney enlargements detected in the mother's womb
  • Newborn kidney problems
  • Urinary tract infections, Urinary tract stones
  • Urinary incontinence (night or day)
  • Hypertension
  • Vesicoureteral reflux (backward escape from the bladder to the kidneys)
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Nephritis, Renal Tubulopathies
  • Cystic Kidney Diseases
  • Acute or Chronic Kidney Failure
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Dialysis treatment and follow-up
  • familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)
  • Vasculitis (Lupus, Henoch-Schönlein and others)

 

Child Hemtalogy and Oncology

Hematology, which means blood diseases, is the branch of medicine that deals with the function and structure of blood and bone marrow. Bone Marrow transplantation is also performed by the specialists of this department.

  • Bleeding, Coagulation disorders, Hemophilias
  • Enlargement of lymph nodes (Lymphadenomegaly or Lymphadenopathy)
  • Bone and Joint pains
  • Hemangioma, Solid Tumors
  • Lymphoma, Leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Mediterranean and nutritional anemias, sickle cell anemia and thalassemias
  • Congenital or Acquired bone marrow deficiencies
  • Immune Deficiencies
Child Immunology and Allergy
  • Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
  • Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis (Fear)
  • Allergic Conjunctivitis
  • Asthma Bronchitis
  • Chronic Sinusitis, Chronic Cough
  • Chronic Recurrent Otitis (Serous) Media
  • Nasal Polyps, Adenoid Vegetation
  • Chronic Urticaria (Idiopathic or Autoimmune)
  • Urticaria and Angioedema, Allergic or Contact Dermatitis
  • Insect Bites and Reactions, Drug Reactions and Allergies
  • Sensitivity to aspirin and other NSAID drugs
  • Latex Allergy, Mastocytosis
  • Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
Child Neurology

Neurological Development Problems

  • Speech, Walking delay situations
  • Attention Deficit-Learning and School problems
  • Recommended (Hypotonic) Babies, Autism

Organic Brain Diseases

  • Hydrocephalus, Cysts or tumors in the brain
  • Cerebrovascular anomalies-AVM, Aneurysm
  • Congenital spinal cord anomalies- Spina Bifida
  • Dystonias, Chorea-athetosis

Situations that Cause a Change in Consciousness

  • Epilepsy (Sara) Seizures
  • Fiery Remittances
  • Fainting, Joining
  • Autism

 Problems Developing During Pregnancy or Birth

  • Anomalies such as Microcephaly
  • Brain Damage Due to Difficult Birth - Cerebral Palsy, Spastic or Hypotonic Paralysis
  • Conditions due to birth trauma - Brachial Plexopathy

 Weaknesses and Imbalances

  • Muscular Diseases-Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • Diseases with nerve involvement-Guillain Bare Syndrome
  • Ataxias

 Behavioral Disorders

  • Hyperactivity or Hypoactivity
  • Obsessions – Obsessions

 Genetic and Metabolic Issues

  • Thyroid gland problems
  • Disorders of amino acid metabolism
  • Organic acid metabolism problems
  • Mitochondrial diseases
  • Chromosomal Anomalies-Down Syndrome
  • Genetic problems with structural differences 
Child Cardiology

It is the branch that diagnoses, treats and monitors congenital (congenital) and acquired (afterward) heart diseases seen in childhood.

  • Evaluation of murmurs
  • Chest pain
  • Syncope
  • Congenital heart diseases - ASD, VSD, PDA
  • Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart diseases
  • Heart failure
  • Heart muscle diseases
  • Rhythm disorders