In childhood, ear-nose-throat (ENT) complaints and symptoms can take many forms. These include nasal congestion, snoring, recurrent sore throat, painful swallowing, insomnia, altered speech tone, and so on. Rhinitis, recurrent otitis media, sinusitis, tonsillitis, and lingual tonsillitis are the most common diseases dealt with by doctors in the field.
This field deals with gastrointestinal diseases and liver diseases in childhood.
Heart disease in newborns, infants, and children is mostly congenital, but can also be acquired. The clinical presentation and course of congenital malformations can vary widely depending on the type of disease. Most of the abnormalities are mild and heal spontaneously or with medication, but they can also be very severe, with frightening symptoms that require urgent heart surgery or cardiac catheterization in the first days of life.
Endocrinology deals with disorders of the endocrine glands (the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, ovaries, testicles, and part of the pancreas). Pediatric endocrinological diseases differ from adult diseases in many respects, as the disease processes affect a growing and developing organism. Disorders of the hormonal system also affect the metabolism (disorders of body weight, energy expenditure, etc.) and the functioning of many other organ systems (nervous system, cardiovascular system, immune system, etc.), hence there can be a wide range of consequences.
Pediatric nephrology is a specialization concerned with childhood renal and urinary tract diseases and their consequences.
Pediatric orthopedics is a field that deals with musculoskeletal problems in children, and specialists examine children from infancy to 18 years of age.
Ophthalmology is a medical field that requires special care in the case of children. Thanks to the excellent professional experience of our pediatric ophthalmologists, they look after the children who come to us with due patience and expertise. Owing to the possible lack of knowledge of letters and numbers, it is necessary to communicate in a different way during the examination.
Our physiotherapists begin the necessary treatment immediately following surgery, depending on the type of intervention and the patient’s condition.