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Benefits of Surgical Weight Loss
Being obese can cause the morbidities that are listed below. By having
surgery, these conditions can usually be corrected.
- High Blood Pressure can often be alleviated or eliminated by
weight loss surgery
- High Blood Cholesterol in 80% of patients can be alleviated
or eliminated and in as little as 2-3 months post-operatively.
- Heart Disease in obese individuals is certainly more likely
to be experienced when compared to persons who are of average weight
and adhere to a strict diet and exercise regimen. There is no hard and
fast statistical data to definitively prove that weight loss surgery
reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, however, common sense would
dictate that if we can significantly reduce many of the co-morbidities
that we experienced as someone that is obese, we can likewise that our
health may be much improved if not totally restored .
- Diabetes Mellitus can usually helped and based upon numerous
studies of diabetes and the control of its complications, it is likely
that the problems associated with diabetes will be arrested in their
progression, when blood sugar is maintained at normal values.
- Abnormal Glucose Tolerance, or "Borderline Diabetes" is even
more likely reversed by gastric bypass. Since this condition becomes
diabetes in many cases, the operation can frequently prevent diabetes,
as well.
- Asthma sufferers may find that they have fewer and less severe
attacks, or sometimes none at all. When asthma is associated with gastroesophageal
reflux disease, it is particularly benefited by gastric bypass.
- Sleep Apnea Syndrome sufferers
can receive dramatic effects and many within a year or so of surgery
find their symptoms were completely gone, and they had even stopped
snoring completely!
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease can be greatly relieved of
all symptoms within as littler as a few days of surgery.
- Gallbladder Disease can be surgically handled at the time of
the weight loss surgery if your doctor has cause to believe that gall
-stones are present.
- Stress Urinary Incontinence responds dramatically to weight
loss, usually by becoming completely controlled. A person who is still
troubled by incontinence can choose to have specific corrective surgery
later, with much greater chance of a successful outcome, with a reduced
body weight.
- Low Back Pain and Degenerative Disk Disease, and Degenerative Joint
Disease can be considerably relieved with weight loss, and greater
comfort may experienced even after as few as 25 lost pounds.
Weight loss surgery is a highly personal decision-it is also a medical
decision. Your doctor should discuss the risks and help you measure the
probability of benefits so that you can make an informed decision.
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