Dr Asankha Ranasinghe

Dr. Asankha Ranasinghe is a highly regarded Senior Consultant Paediatrician at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, bringing over two decades of expertise in paediatrics to his role. He completed his specialist training at esteemed institutions including Birmingham Children’s Hospital (University of Birmingham) and Addenbrooke’s Hospital (University of Cambridge), achieving consultant status in 2007. Dr. Ranasinghe's practice encompasses general paediatrics and endocrinology, managing diverse conditions affecting children. He adeptly handles general infections, neurological issues such as migraine, headaches, and seizures, and chronic dermatological concerns like eczema. His skills extend to evaluating cardiac health, addressing symptoms like heart murmurs, palpitations, and chest pains, and managing allergies, food intolerances, and gastroesophageal reflux. He also specialises in respiratory conditions like asthma and viral-related wheeze, as well as urinary tract infections and issues such as bed-wetting and bladder instability. Dr. Ranasinghe's expertise in endocrinology includes the management of hormonal disorders and diabetes in children, alongside treating chronic fatigue and other paediatric health challenges.

Concerns around growth and puberty; Eczema and other skin conditions; Food allergy and intolerance, problems with feeding, nutritional and dietary advice; Gastroenterology - constipation/diarrhoea/soiling, abdominal pain, bowel urgency, irritable bowel disease, coeliac disease, nausea and vomiting, jaundice, inflammatory bowel disease, gastroesophageal reflux, cow's milk and lactose intolerance, blood and mucus in stool, gastritis/hyperacidity; Infantile colic, fussy baby, excessive crying/distress Concerns about feeding, weaning, growth, development; Joint pain and swelling, hypermobility; Lymph gland enlargement; Recurrent headaches, neuralgic pain, chronic pain; Recurrent infections or temperature in general; Respiratory conditions - asthma, viral related wheeze, recurrent cough and wheezing; Urinary tract infections, urinary urgency, bed-wetting, bladder instability, foreskin infection, blood/glucose/protein in urine, excessive thirst and passage of urine;