10 Benefits Of Bariatric surgery - Manipal Hospital Blog

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10 Benefits Of Bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery is a gastrointestinal surgery
to treat obesity. It is not a cosmetic procedure.
Bariatric surgery helps very obese people to
lose a lot of weight and improve their health.
Most weight-loss operations limit the amount of
food that fits in the stomach, which makes the
person feel full after eating very little.
People undergo this type of surgery if other
weight loss methods fail or if they have serious
health problems caused by obesity or
both. Bariatric surgery continues to benefit
people worldwide who fight against morbid
obesity. It is a preventive intervention that
disrupts co-morbid disease processes before
suffering the fatal effects of its final stage.
Thus, bariatric surgery saves lives. If
traditional methods of weight loss have not
worked, bariatric surgery for weight loss may be
the right answer for you. BMI Body mass index
or BMI is a calculation of the body fat based on
the height and weight. It is used to determine
if you are underweight or overweight or maintain
a healthy weight. A high BMI can jeopardize your
health with diseases such as type-2 diabetes,
hypertension (high blood pressure), sleep apnea
and cardiovascular diseases. BMI calculations do
not consider factors such as muscle mass and
pregnancy. The waist circumference indicates the
amount of abdominal fat you have and can help
your doctor determine more accurately how much
of your weight is fat. Men with a measure of
waist greater than 40 inches are considered low
risk. The women with the waist measurement of 35
inches or greater are considered high
risk. Bariatric surgery can improve and
effectively solve many health conditions related
to being overweight, for example 1. Type 2
diabetes
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1. Hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol)
2. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
3. Hypertension
4. Heart disease
5. Depression
6. Osteoarthritis of joints
7. Joint pain
8. Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
9. Urinary stress incontinence
10. Asthma and lung conditions
11. Reproductive health

• The co-morbidities can be expensive to treat and
  can also significantly harm the physical and
  mental health of the individual. Weight loss has
  been shown to provide socio-economic and
  psychological benefits.
• Bariatric surgery and the resulting weight loss
  also can
• Improve or eliminate diabetes of type 2 within
  days, even without weight loss.
• Helps the level of fat in the blood return to
  normal, which reduces low-density cholesterol or
  LDL (harmful) cholesterol and triglycerides, and
  increases high-density cholesterol or HDL
  (beneficial).
• Increases fertility in women, particularly the
  polycystic ovaries syndrome. This common
  condition can lead to diabetes, high blood
  pressure and an unhealthy level of fat in the
  blood.
• Increases testosterone levels in a man.
• Improves or eliminates high blood pressure.