Auteur/autrice : Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone

Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone (Dr. Pom) is a board-certified urologist at Bangkok Hospital Headquarters, specializing in Men's Health, Robotic Surgery (da Vinci Xi) and Kidney Stone treatment. He is currently a Research Scholar and Clinical Observer at the Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine (2025–2026), under Prof. Mohit Khera. He completed a Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (2019) and an Endourology Observership at Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo (2022).

Bladder Tumour Surgery: Conventional TURBT and Laser En-Bloc Resection Compared

Two ways of removing a bladder tumour through a telescope. The laser en-bloc technique gives the pathologist a better specimen and removes one specific danger — but it does not suit every tumour, and the operation is only the first part of the treatment.

Biopsy of a Small Kidney Mass: When It Helps, and When It Does Not

A needle sample of a kidney lesion found by chance on a scan. It can spare an unnecessary operation — but roughly one in ten comes back with no answer at all, and a benign result is not the same as a final one.

A Positive Syphilis Screening Test That Isn’t Syphilis: The Biological False Positive

A reactive VDRL or RPR in someone with no risk and no symptoms is often not syphilis at all. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what a biological false positive is, the one cause that matters more than the rest, and why a persistent one should never simply be dismissed.

Gonorrhea Treatment: What Actually Cures It, and What Happens Next

Gonorrhoea is curable with the right injection — but the treatment is only half of it. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains why the tablets sold over the counter no longer work, why your partner must be treated too, and the symptoms that mean the infection has spread.

Syphilis Treatment: How It Is Cured, and How You Know It Worked

Syphilis is cured by an injection that has not changed in seventy years. What confuses almost everyone is what happens to the blood test afterwards. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains why a positive test does not mean failed treatment, and the symptoms that mean the infection has reached the nerves or the eye.

Waiting for a Stone to Pass: Does Medication Actually Help?

Most small ureteric stones pass by themselves, and a tablet is often added to help them along. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what the large trials actually showed about that tablet, the side effect men are rarely warned about, and — the part usually missing — how long it is safe to keep waiting.

Ureteric Stone Pain: What Helps, and the Symptoms That Cannot Wait

Ureteric colic is one of the most severe pains there is — and the dangerous version does not hurt more, it comes with a fever. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what genuinely helps before you are seen, corrects the advice to drink your way through an attack, and sets out what needs an emergency department tonight.