OBESITY SURGERY SAFE, PREVENTS CHRONIC DISEASES

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OBESITY SURGERY SAFE, PREVENTS CHRONIC DISEASES
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Confronted with a rising incidence of
increasingly overweight and frankly obese
individuals, many interventions have continued to
be sought for by the scientific community to
address this. Conventional approaches have relied
on lifestyle modifications such as dieting,
exercise regimens and in some cases, the use of
drugs to achieve weight loss, but the results
thus far has not been encouraging. The most
disciplined of dieters who lose weight all too
often regain it in no distant time.
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• In the face of phenomenal success results
  recorded with Bariatric surgery, how safe is it
  and is it worth the risk?
• Well, there are no surgical procedures that are
  100 risk-free. Each comes with a degree of risk.
  Obesity surgery techniques makes use of minimally
  invasive procedures and in the hands of a skilled
  and properly trained surgeon, complications are
  usually minimal.

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• Complications range from minor to mild, however
  these are experienced by only 1 in 10 patients.
• In addition to weight loss, individuals with type
  2 diabetes Mellitus have been observed to have
  better blood sugar control and many have gone on
  to achieve remission in the long term.
• Studies have shown that obesity surgery is
  associated with fewer cardiovascular events such
  as stroke and myocardial infarction.

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• Achievement of Long term remission in type 2
  diabetes Mellitus patients. Individuals with type
  2 diabetes Mellitus after undergoing obesity
  surgery have discovered that they have better
  glucose regulation and long term remission in a
  significant number of patients.
• Improvement in cardiovascular health obesity
  surgery helps decrease long term risk of stroke,
  heart disease and cardiac arrests.
• Provides relief in patients with obstructive
  sleep apnea achievement of weight loss helps
  individuals with sleep apnea sleep with decreased
  dependence on CPAP machine at bedtime.

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• Relief of joint pain obesity and overweight puts
  a lot of stress and strain on the joints. Obesity
  surgery helps decrease thus stress via weight
  loss hence allowing previously obese individuals
  enjoy greater joint mobility.
• Helps relief of depression depression comes with
  a poor body image in individuals with obesity.
  Shedding weight via obesity surgery helps
  decrease depression.
• Obesity surgery is now the most effective
  treatment option available for weight loss. It
  comes with fewer side effects and complications
  and in addition to weight loss, has other long
  term benefits which improve the overall health of
  the individual.

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