Pediatrics care in Singapore
Hospitals, clinics and medical centers in Singapore performing Pediatric Endocrinology.
Key planning information for pediatric endocrinology in Singapore.
Pediatric Endocrinology in Singapore is priced per case at 4 hospitals. Each hospital quotes its own price for your case.
Pediatric Endocrinology is listed by 4 hospitals in Singapore. The order reshuffles every hour so each gets equal exposure.
Private HospitalA full service private hospital offering a comprehensive range of specialist services by a team of 200 physicians. 35-40% of the patients are foreigners, and there is a dedicated department for handling medical tourists.
Private Hospital
JCIPrice on requestA 380 bed private hospital offering tertiary acute care services that cover a wide range of medical and surgical specialties.
Private HospitalJCIPrice on requestThe Paediatric unit is dedicated to providing high quality medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care of infants, children and adolescents. Safeguarding your children’s health is our utmost priority.
Private HospitalA women and children centred medical facility with a full range of services covering the specialties of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics.
Pediatric Endocrinology is available at
This is a subspecialty of medicine that deals with disorders of the endocrine glands such as diabetes and variations in the physical and sexual growth and development in children. The subspecialty deals with the diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and disorders of growth, puberty, glucose metabolism, sex differentiation, the pituitary/hypothalamus, bone metabolism, mineral metabolism, the thyroid, the adrenal and the gonads.
This is a medical doctor who has specialized in the field of endocrinology and further into pediatrics. Pediatric endocrinologists treat the patients from infancy to late adolescence. They treat problems, diseases, and disorders related to the hormones and glands producing them.
Hormones are chemical messengers in the body, which are created in the endocrine glands. They control major body functions such as hunger, reproduction, and moods.
The most common disease treated by a pediatric endocrinologist is type 1 diabetes. Other common problems treated are related to growth disorders especially those treated with growth hormone treatment. Pediatric endocrinologists are also the primary doctors in treating children with intersex disorders. They also treat hypoglycemia, puberty variations and another thyroid, adrenal and pituitary problems. Most pediatric endocrinologists have special skills in lipid metabolism, bone metabolism, inborn errors of metabolism or adolescent gynecology.
In addition to a medical degree that usually takes 4 years, pediatric endocrinologists have completed a pediatric residency program of 3 years and a fellowship of 3 years in pediatric endocrinology. The fellowship and specialty are academically based and heavily research oriented.
Pediatric endocrinologists heave special skills and the training on how to interact with children to make them feel more comfortable. They understand that children’s psychological needs are different from adult’s and therefore they require special care. Hormonal problems affecting children can have significant effects ion the child’s growth and sexual development as well as their emotional well-being.
Pediatric endocrinologists decorate their offices in a manner that makes a child feel comfortable and relaxed. They also employ professional who are attuned to children’s needs such as nurses, pediatric diabetes educators, psychologists, and nutritionists.
They work together with the primary care physicians to provide detailed and comprehensive care to your child.
Pediatric endocrinologists use their special skills to diagnose, treat, and manage diseases and disorders affecting the hormones. Pediatric endocrinology treatments include:
Common treatment procedures include:
Key facts to plan your treatment: how long it takes, your hospital stay, anaesthesia, risks and recovery.
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