Obesity has become widespread and its effects can be life-threatening if the problem is not taken care of properly. A person is considered to be obese if they have an increased body mass index (BMI), as well as a reduced muscle mass with an increased amount of fat in the body. Obesity is associated with a number of deadly conditions which slowly creep in, and cause the afflicted great pain. Some of these conditions include type-2 diabetes, hypertension, and much more. When either of these ailments is paired with obesity, the inflicted impact on the patient is deadly. As a result, different procedures have been devised to improve, prevent, and/ or treat obesity. One of the most popular management techniques for obesity is enrolling the obese in an active exercise routine with the aim of burning the extra fat in their bodies. Another genius procedure against obesity is bariatric surgery.
Bariatric surgery is composed of a number of operative procedures that are conducted on an obese person in order to get rid of their obesity. Specialists recommend this procedure in cases where the obesity is severe and the patient finds it hard to lose weight simply through exercising. Most of the time, these patients are found to suffer from a combination of both obesity and diabetes. The treatment of these conditions usually come in the way of each other and bariatric surgery is aimed at solving this problem.
The surgery employs a number of techniques like the reduction of stomach size through the use of a gastric band in order to achieve weight loss. The size of the stomach can also be reduced through the removal of a section of it. In addition to this, bariatric surgery has been known to achieve remarkable weight loss margins through the famous gastric bypass surgery. This surgery involves resecting and rerouting of the small intestines to a small stomach pouch.
Through the procedures highlighted above, bariatric surgery is able to achieve a high success rate with patients who have gone through the procedure losing about 4 – 5kg in a month. The patients establish a stable level after about two years of surgery. The surgery’s effectiveness cannot be questioned and it is one of the long-lasting treatment procedures against obesity and other related conditions. Bariatric surgery is known to particularly be beneficial to Type 2 diabetic patients since it considerably lowers their blood sugar levels, puts control over their cholesterol, blood pressure and triglyceride, and much more. By putting diabetes under control, the patient is successfully saved from conditions that are associated with the disease and as such, end up living long and healthy lives as long as they follow the doctor’s prescription and advice on the lifestyle they should lead.
However, bariatric surgery is not for every obese patient. The surgery is taken into consideration as a last result when exercise, medication, and other minor procedures have failed to yield the desired results. One of the factors that are considered when checking for the qualification of a candidate for the procedure is their BMI. Patients whose BMI ranges from 35 to 40 may be qualified candidates. However, this range is also reliant on a number of factors. Studies have found that patients who have a BMI of 30, but with comorbidities would also qualify to be candidates for bariatric surgery.
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