Category: Blog

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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Why is my child constipated? How can I treat?

March 2022

Here is another very popular topic.  As a pediatric surgeon, it is actually my least favorite disease.  Because when we surgeons treat something, we like to see the result right away, like a mechanic.  However, constipation treatment does not take that short.  Moreover, children who come to us are usually more difficult and resistant cases that have passed the filter of pediatricians and pediatric gastroenterologists.  Just as the taxi...

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Will there be a problem in the future after appendicitis surgery?

January 2022

In our last course, I also briefly mentioned what appendix is ​​while describing the cause, symptoms and treatment of appendicitis in children.  So many questions came from private channels about the appendix... I will try to answer these questions in the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal. Let me clarify the words a little to get rid of the confusion of meaning. At the junction of the large intestine and the small intestine, there is a...

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My child has a stomachache; Is it appendicitis? Why did it happen?

January 2022

A 6-7 year old boy walks through the door while holding his mother’s hand.  His face is somewhat pale and has an expression of pain.  Leaning slightly forward, he takes his steps carefully because of possible pain.  They are sitting across from me.  While he had no complaints until the day before, he first started to have a widespread pain in her abdomen.  He didn't want to eat anything.  Evening nausea is also added.  He hasn't...

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My child's testicle hurts!

November 2021

Our patient, which I will tell you about in the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal, is a 13-year-old male.  He woke up in the morning with a very serious pain in his left scrotum, that is, in his left testicle.  Afterwards, he started to feel sick, and when it got worse, they came to us.  In our examination we saw that the left side of the testis was swollen, was higher than the right side, the size of the testis increased by touch, and the...

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When should I circumcise my child?

October 2021

One of the most common questions we encounter in our clinical life is: “When should I have my child circumcised?”.   You can find a lot of content on social media on this subject. In this section of the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal, I explained which age is the best time for circumcision.   Circumcision debate is a never-ending topic in our society.  Should circumcision be done or not?  Are there any harm?  Does it have...

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A nut got stuck in my child's throat...

October 2021

A healthy, boisterous boy with no previous complaints.  Two and a half years old.  At home, while her mother and father are eating hazelnuts, they give some to their children.  A coughing attack develops all of a sudden.  Mom and dad immediately do maneuvers such as hitting on the back and pressing on the stomach.  Then the child relaxes.  But every time the child runs or moves fast, they hear a whistling sound in their breathing. When...

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When and how do we treat undescended testicles?

August 2021

In our previous courses, I explained what an undescended testicle is and how we evaluate it.  In this pediatric surgeon's journal, I explained when and how we treated the undescended testis. Let's first clarify our purpose in the treatment of undescended testis.  The aim is to fix the testis to the visible place where it should be normal, that is, inside the sack. Why do we do this? To reduce the risk of torsion, to prevent damage to the...

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