Gift To All Obese People

Obesity is a chronic condition and it is considered worst as it can lead to many other health problems like obstructive sleep apnea, high blood pressure and diabetes. As obesity can cause ill effects to many organs of the body, it is difficult to treat this condition. When other methods meant for losing weight have failed to show their best results, weight loss surgery, which is otherwise called as Bariatric surgery is the best gift for people fighting with obesity. Even though, surgical methods are available for enabling people to lose their weight, they are recommended only for people following under the following category: 

Qualification for bariatric surgery:

If the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an individual is more than 40, surgery is highly suggested. Do you know how to calculate your BMI? The figure can be arrived by dividing your weight in kgs by height in meters.

Do you know that there are different types of Bariatric surgery available? Yes, each of these types can effectively help in losing weight and the health care provider will suggest you any type according to the level of weight that should be reduced and other health conditions. Details about the benefits of some of the types of Bariatric surgery are given below: 

Gastric Bypass:

There are two types under gastric bypass, where under one type open surgery will be done by making a single bigger incision, while on the other type there will be two or three smaller incisions and this type is done under laproscopic method. Under this method a small pouch is created with the help of a surgical stapler. The remaining stomach tissues are not removed and they are stapled. This method is beneficial because it can be reversed as the tissues are not removed and they are just just stapled. After this surgery, the patient’s food consumption capacity will reduce as the size of the stomach is reduced. Under this procedure, Y-shaped part of the small intestine is connected to the created abdominal pouch in such a way that food consumed can be bypassed thereby reducing the weight. 

Lap band:

Even though, the size of the stomach is reduced as in the previous type, it is not stapled, but it is done by placing an adjustable lap band and this band is made from biocompatible materials. The best thing about this procedure is adjustable band is attached and so as and when the patient feels some discomfort, the band can be adjusted.

To conclude, as compared to many other weight loss procedures, which didn’t work out, Bariatric surgery is a great gift for obese people to get rid of this problem.