Weight Loss Surgery- Is it the Right Choice?

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• In todays fast pacing world, all of us look for
  quick solutions and weight loss surgery is one of
  them. 
• Due to the habit of shortcuts, first, we choose
  unhealthy lifestyles like skipping breakfasts or
  opting for fast foods and then we gain weight.
  That turns into obesity and we end up inviting
  different health issues. Finally, when we realize
  that we should be losing weight we want overnight
  results.
• We go for FAD diets, fasting and of course,
  different weight loss surgeries. But dont you
  think thats unnatural besides being expensive, I
  mean, you have gained that weight during a course
  of time and so your body needs time to shed that
  too.
• But if you think that you are too busy to follow
  a healthy way to lose weight then you need to at
  least consider the risks associated with these
  weight loss surgeries.

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Different Aspects of Bariatric Surgery

• Bariatric Surgeries are basically the weight loss
  surgeries. The medical procedure of reducing the
  size or removing an entire portion of your
  stomach to help you lose weight is the meaning of
  Bariatric Surgery.
•  It is generally performed in individuals who
  have BMI ranging between 35-40. 
• Bariatric Surgery is also carried out by
  individuals who are facing morbid obesity along
  with diseases like diabetes and cardiac problems.

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TYPES OF WEIGHT LOSS SURGERIES
Adjustable Gastric Band or Lap Band. Gastric
Bypass. Sleeve Gastrectomy. Electric Implant
Surgery. Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal
Switch (BPD/DS) Gastric Bypass.
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Gastric Bypass

• This is also termed as Roux-en-Y gastric
  bypass. It can be a laparoscopic surgery. 
• The surgery will involve shrinking of your
  stomach size, making you eat really less. And
  your digestive system is also rerouted with this
  surgery.
• Here the food you eat will be held in a pouch,
  basically a smaller stomach. Then it will bypass
  the rest of your stomach and directly reach your
  small intestine. With a smaller pouch to house
  your food, you will eat less!  

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Adjustable Gastric Band / Lap Band  

• It is also a laparoscopic surgery. 
• Here the doctor will put a silicone adjustable
  band at the top of your stomach. 
• This band basically controls the amount of food
  you eat. The band usually comes with a balloon
  that adjusts the band.

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Sleeve Gastrectomy

• This is a laparoscopic surgery that results in
  the removal of almost 80 percent of your stomach.
• This surgery leaves only a part of your stomach
  or something like a banana-shaped stomach.

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Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch
(BPD/DS) Gastric Bypass 

• It is a rather complicated weight loss surgery
  that involves some critical steps.
• Firstly, much like a Sleeve Gastrectomy, a major
  portion of the stomach is removed and a small
  tubular stomach pouch is created. 
• Then secondly, a very large portion of the
  stomach is bypassed.

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Electric Implant Surgery

• Here a rechargeable system is implanted in the
  abdomen
• This device is controlled outside the body. 
•  It uses electric pulses to suppress hunger. 
• The wires of the new device are attached to the
  vagus nerves which is a cranial nerve, in between
  the stomach and esophagus.
• This process basically controls the activities of
  the stomach.

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Side Effects of Weight Loss Surgeries Some of
the risks that often come with bariatric surgery
are
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Low Blood Sugar
Dumping Syndrome

• It is a condition that can lead to the quick
  emptying of your stomach after any weight loss
  surgery
• This often results in undigested food entering
  the small intestine rapidly. Nausea, vomiting,
  dizziness, fatigue are the symptoms of this
  syndrome.

• One of the serious complications that come with
  bariatric surgery is hypoglycaemia or low blood
  sugar. It typically appears in 2 to 3 years after
  gastric bypass surgery.
• The effect of this blood sugar disorder can be
  devastating for the patients. 
• This condition often goes undiagnosed because it
  lacks awareness. However, this may lead to loss
  of consciousness and seizures that may lead to
  many accidents.

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Marginal Ulcer
Malnutrition post surgery

• It can be a life-threatening condition for the
  patients post their weight loss surgeries.
• It basically develops in months and years after
  the surgery. 
• Surgeries will practically reduce the amount of
  food you eat and that also means your body might
  undergo deficiencies of many micros as well as
  macro nutrients due to this.

• Post weight loss surgeries, patients might often
  find suffering from marginal ulcers.
• It is found mostly after gastric bypass
  procedures. It can lead to serious complications
  that may result in surgery without any guarantee
  that it wont return. 
• Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, hematemesis,
  stromal obstruction, or even perforation are some
  symptoms of marginal ulcer after bariatric
  surgery.

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Internal Hernias
Bowel Obstructions

• Bariatric surgeries modify your stomach in ways
  such that it will never be the same. And that
  makes a great point for your stomach to not
  behave normally.
•  The bowel obstructions can lead to major threats
  for the patients and therefore need medical
  attention immediately.

• Weight loss surgeries sometimes come with
  internal hernias. And if these hernias wont go
  away without proper medical treatments.
• These are basically some obstructions or holes in
  the lining of the stomach. These hernias are
  found to be more common in the patients who have
  undergone open surgery than laparoscopy.

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Gallstones
Weight loss surgery basically brings a rapid
weight loss and this rapid shedding of weight is
one solid reason for developing
gallstones. Studies show that the occurrence of
gallstones in patients undergoing bariatric
surgeries is as high as 35 percent.
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Why shouldnt weight loss surgery be the solution?

• With a generation obsessed with fast solutions,
  it is really difficult to tell them not to choose
  the option that takes lesser time.
• Having weight issue can be very much solved with
  other better choices like dieting and working
  out. 
• Surely, that will take a longer time than a few
  hours of surgery but that will be more risk-free,
  more suitable and more sustainable for sure.

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Is surgery superior to the non-surgical weight
loss procedures?

• Many weight loss surgeries result in major
  complications. Often obese people with type 2
  diabetes are the ones that go for weight loss
  surgeries, but diabetes and obesity are two
  issues that can be easily corrected by a proper
  diet. 
• Following a diet and putting yourself in regular
  physical activity can always be a better option
  than bypassing or removing body organs.
• So it would be awfully wrong to say surgeries are
  superior to the non-surgical weight loss
  procedures like dieting.

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COMPARISON BETWEEN SURGICAL AND NON-SURGICAL
WEIGHT LOSS PROCEDURES.
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