Patient Experience
A 28-year-old female professional e-sports athlete presented with sudden, debilitating postprandial abdominal pain and nausea that threatened her competitive career. Dr. Süveran discovered a rare case of superior mesenteric artery syndrome exacerbated by her extremely low body fat percentage. He coordinated with a sports nutritionist to design a specialized high-calorie liquid diet and prescribed prokinetic agents, allowing her to return to competition within six weeks without surgery.
A 72-year-old retired shipyard welder from a coastal village presented with decades of intermittent dyspepsia, now with alarming weight loss. Endoscopy revealed a subtle, infiltrating gastric adenocarcinoma masked by long-standing atrophic gastritis. Dr. Süveran arranged for a laparoscopic gastrectomy and initiated adjuvant chemotherapy. The patient's recovery was complicated by nutritional challenges, requiring intensive dietary counseling for his traditional fish-based diet, but he achieved remission after 18 months.
A 19-year-old university exchange student from Central Asia presented with severe, recurrent diarrhea and dehydration. Initial workup was inconclusive. Dr. Süveran, noting the temporal link to her arrival, investigated and diagnosed giardiasis alongside a previously unknown lactase deficiency. Treatment involved antiparasitic medication and a culturally-sensitive dietary plan incorporating fermented dairy from her region, resolving her symptoms completely.
A 45-year-old master calligrapher presented with right upper quadrant pain. Imaging revealed multiple large gallstones. Unwilling to consider surgery due to superstition about abdominal incisions affecting his 'artistic energy flow,' Dr. Süveran proposed and successfully performed a novel, single-session endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage and stone extraction, preserving the organ and satisfying the patient's philosophical concerns.