My Child Needs a Stoma (Colostomy or Ileostomy) — What Does It Mean?
What a stoma, colostomy and ileostomy mean for your child: why it is needed, home care, problems to watch, and closure.
My Child Keeps Vomiting and Passing Nothing — Is the Bowel Blocked?
Bowel blockage in children: green vomiting, swollen tummy, causes by age, swallowed magnets, and when surgery is needed.
My Premature Baby’s Tummy Is Swollen in the NICU — What Is NEC?
NEC is a serious bowel illness in premature babies. Learn the warning signs, how it is treated with and without surgery, and what the outlook really is.
My Child Has Tummy Pain and Yellow Eyes — Could It Be a Choledochal Cyst?
A choledochal cyst is a ballooned bile duct present from birth. Learn the signs, why the whole cyst must be removed, when surgery is done, and why follow-up is for life.
Something Red Comes Out of My Child’s Bottom When They Poo — Is It Rectal Prolapse?
Your child strains on the potty, and afterwards you see a red or pink, moist lump coming out of the bottom. It can look alarming, like a small tube or a flower of soft flesh at the anus. Often it slips back in by itself, or you gently push it back. Your child seems otherwise […]
My Baby Keeps Getting a Painful Boil Near the Bottom — Is It a Perianal Abscess?
You keep noticing a small, angry, red swelling right beside your baby’s bottom. It looks sore. Your baby cries when you touch it or change the nappy. Sometimes it bursts and leaks a little pus. Then it seems to heal, only to come back in the same spot. This is almost always a perianal abscess. […]
My Baby Was Born With the Bowel Outside the Tummy — Gastroschisis and Omphalocele
Gastroschisis and omphalocele explained simply for parents — what they are, the operation, recovery, and the honest outlook.
My Child Passed a Lot of Blood in the Stool but Has No Pain — Could It Be Meckel’s?
Large, painless blood in a child’s stool can be a Meckel’s diverticulum. A Raipur pediatric surgeon explains why it bleeds, the scan and the surgery.
My Newborn Chokes, Froths and Turns Blue When Fed — What Is Esophageal Atresia?
A newborn who froths, chokes and turns blue with feeds may have esophageal atresia. A Raipur pediatric surgeon explains the signs, surgery and outlook.
My Child Cries and Bleeds When Passing Hard Stools — Is It an Anal Fissure?
Anal fissure is the most common cause of painful, bloody stools in young children. A Raipur pediatric surgeon explains the cause, home care and red flags.