Category: Blog

Why are my “comments” closed?

December 2022

In fact, comments are very important when you start a youtube channel.  Even if you comment a dot, the system perceives it as an interaction and ensures that the video you shoot will appear sooner.  This naturally increases the recognition of your channel, the number of viewers and your subscribers.  So why are my comments closed?   I wanted to have a little chat in this pediatric surgeon's journal.       It was the time of the...

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Cat Scratch Disease...

December 2022

We understand more and more the importance of keeping pets in society.  It has now been proven that petting animal lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels, reduce feelings of loneliness, and increase activities such as exercise and socialization.  But besides this, we need to be aware of some inconveniences and act by knowing and fulfilling the responsibilities brought by petting animals.  At your request, as I promised last episode, I...

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Cat and Dog Bites...

November 2022

“The greatness and moral development of a nation is judged by the way it treats animals,” says Gandhi.  There are so many neglected, thrown out dogs or cats around.  And these animals are so unprotected, helpless and miserable that... Unfortunately, they can harm people unintentionally. In the pediatric surgeon's journal, I'll tell you about cat and dog bites, what to do and how to avoid them.  But first, in our country, which is far...

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Hypospadias

October 2022

Hypospadias Normally, when boys are born, the hole where the urine comes out is expected to be at the tip of the penis. But sometimes in life, everything may not be as expected and this hole may be located lower than it should be, in the body of the penis, sometimes even lower in the root of the penis, or even lower, close to the anus. When this hole, which should be at the tip of the penis, is lower, we call it the "prophet's sunnah" among the...

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There is a cyst on my child's eyebrow...

October 2022

After taking a short break, let's continue to explain the surgical problems we frequently encounter in children.  The fact that the topics I explained in the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal reach people, enlighten them, and the positive feedbacks make me very happy. Today, I will tell you about a pathology that I encounter very often.  In fact, it is a painless, usually 1-3 cm in size, rubbery cystic structure under the skin, which is present...

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Answers to the frequently asked questions about circumcision.

September 2022

Actually, I wasn't going to write a journal in the summer, but I couldn't be indifferent to so many questions about circumcision. I will try to answer your questions by writing a short, candid information about circumcision in the Paediatric Surgeon's Journal. You can find more detailed information in the journals I write before, and more in my book "The Story of Male Circumcision". Enjoy reading. I organize the content of this journal in the form...

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My child's urine is running up the kidneys. How can we treat this? Does it get better?

July 2022

In our last journal, I told you what vesicoureteral reflux, or VUR, or urine reflux is, and how we diagnose it.  Today, in the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal, I wrote about how we treat this disease, why does it happen and possible consequences. Let me start with the good news first.  If we are talking about primary urinary reflux and if the cause of the reflux is not due to the increase in pressure in the bladder caused by reasons such as a...

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My child's urine is refluxing up to his/her kidneys. What does this mean?

June 2022

Urinary tract infection is not an expected situation in a normal healthy, cleanly cared child.  For this reason, we, physicians, especially if there is a child with a febrile urinary tract infection, evaluate by ultrasonography, and if an unexpected result is obtained, we go further and try to reveal the underlying cause.  The underlying cause may be the upward flow of urine in the bladder.  This reflux may occur during urinary tract infection,...

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My child has a cyst in her spleen. Will her spleen be removed?

April 2022

  A cute eight-year-old girl.  She notice’s that she has had intermittent abdominal pain for the last 1 year and shows the upper left side.  They thought it was stomach, gas pain so no one really cared. A huge cyst is seen on the upper side of her spleen in the abdominal ultrasonography requested by the pediatrician after her complaints continued.  After making the necessary examinations, making sure that it is not caused by parasites and...

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My baby's nail is ingrown, it hurts so much!

March 2022

How beautiful are babies' feet, right?  One can kiss, smell, and eat those pea-looking fingers.  But sometimes, we see crooked nails, redness around the edges, and purulent discharges on the thumbs.  We fell sad if the baby's eyes fill with tears and start to cry when we touch these infe fctedingers.  What should we do?  How should we protect?  Should we go to the doctor right away? I am wrote about ingrown nails in babies and children in...

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