Bariatric surgeries alter how your stomach and intestines work, often decreasing appetite and making weight loss simpler. They may also help alleviate obesity-related health conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and sleep apnea.
Pros: Rapid and dramatic weight loss; enhanced blood sugar control; less hunger, bloating and diarrhea symptoms. Cons: Your life is going to change and you have to pay close attention to dietary rules. And if the procedure was done incorrectly, an endoscopic sleeve revision might be necessary.
Gastric Bypass
Gastric bypass surgery alters how your stomach and small intestine interact to restrict how much food you can eat, providing relief for severe, morbid obesity. It can be an invaluable treatment option that can help people shed significant amounts of weight as well as reverse obesity-related illnesses like high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and more.
At this surgery, your surgeon creates a small stomach pouch by dividing the top portion of your stomach. After this is completed, part of the middle section of the small intestine will be sewn directly to this pouch allowing food to pass into it rather than going directly through your stomach and into its first portion of small intestine. When eating occurs again, food will pass directly into this middle section bypassing most of your stomach as well as its first portion.
Rerouting restricts how much food can be eaten at once and decreases absorption of calories and nutrients, as well as altering hormones that promote poor blood sugar control, helping you decrease or discontinue insulin or related medications altogether. Studies have revealed that gastric bypass surgery significantly decreases deaths related to obesity.
Sleeve Gastrectomy
Surgically reducing your stomach by removing approximately 80% will help you lose weight by restricting how much food you can eat, thus leading to weight loss. Furthermore, surgery changes how your body produces hormones which control hunger; for instance it decreases production of ghrelin (a hunger hormone). Furthermore, improved blood sugar regulation and decreased blood pressure results from having a smaller stomach.
Bariatric mini-surgeries offer an easier, safer option compared to more complex surgeries for bariatric purposes, especially for people who may not be able to tolerate longer procedures. This approach may also benefit those suffering from health conditions that prevent them from going through longer processes.
Your surgeon will create a tube-like pouch from the left side of your stomach, attach part of your small intestine directly to this pouch, and bypass most of your stomach and first section of small intestine. As a result, when you eat food enters this pouch where it mixes with digestive juices from first portion of your small intestine.
Your surgeon will give you a schedule for when and how often to progress from liquids, pureed and soft food diets. Remember to eat slowly and chew thoroughly as this can prevent stretching of the pouch.
Gastric Sleeve Repair
Sleeve surgery is an effective solution for those seeking reliable weight loss through minimal surgical interventions. Patients see quick results due to a smaller stomach pouch restricting food and beverage intake, further enhanced by decreased levels of hunger hormone Ghrelin. Furthermore, this procedure improves blood sugar regulation, diabetes improvement, gall and urinary stones prevention by decreasing production of stomach acid, and decreases risk.
Surgery called gastric sleeve involves extracting more than half of your stomach to form a banana-sized pouch that travels directly from it to your small intestine, bypassing most of your digestive tract and contributing to weight loss, reduced hunger and improved metabolic changes such as turning glucose into energy more effectively. The procedure often results in significant weight loss as well as significant metabolic enhancement, such as increased energy conversion.
No matter which bariatric surgery option you select, its success lies with your commitment to altering unhealthy behaviors and adopting healthier ones. You will need to eat smaller meals more frequently while adhering to dietary guidelines and taking vitamin supplements on an ongoing basis. You will also be monitored for complications like nutritional deficiencies or excess stomach acid production; some people develop “dumping syndrome” where too quickly digested food passes through your digestive system leading to nausea and vomiting – however this typically resolves itself through medication or diet changes.
