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Gastric Bypass Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery is something that more and more people resort to every year to achieve fast weight loss and also keep the weight off. This is a way to lose weight without the need for rigid discipline but although it may improve your health by relieveing obesity it has its own health risks associated with it and it is seen as a last option when everything else has failed.
Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure in which the stomach is reduced to a pouch smaller than a chicken's egg. Therefore, after gastric bypass surgery your stomach can't hold as much food at one time so you end up eating less. You eat less because your stomach gets fuller quicker so you consume less weight producing calories.
The surgery also involves bypassing the upper part of the small intestine so this results in less food being digested so not only is the rate of food consumption reduced but the amount of food absorbed by the body is reduced. So gastric bypass surgery works in two ways to reduce your calorie intake. It can produce sustainable, 25 to 35% reductions in weight.
All surgical procedures have some adverse risks. In the case of gastric bypass surgery there is a risk of inadequate nutrition because part of the small intesine has been bypassed therefore you may develop a deficiency of some vitamins and minerals and conditions accociated with these such as anemia and osteoporosis. Blood clots and infections are risks common to all surgery. Some research indicates that about one third of people who have surgery for obesity develop gallstones.
Gastric bypass surgery usually requires being in hospital for about four or five days and then it takes about a month to recover. You need to meet certain criteria before doctors will perform gastric bypass surgery. You may qualify if you have been obese for at least five years, are aged between 18 and 65, have no history of alcohol abuse and have no untreated psychiatric disorder.
After you've had gastric bypass surgey you may experience some of the following effects caused by food passing too quickly through the digestive system: nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness and diarrhea soon after eating. The weight loss due to gastric bypass surgery is noticeable straight away and weight loss continues for the first year. Generally this lost weight is not put back on again, it can be maintained with close medical supervision and the adoption of healthy eating and exersise habits.
If you are considering gastric bypass surgery then it is vital that you get thorough medical advice and do a very careful analysis of the benefits compared to the risks.
By John Kirkham
Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure in which the stomach is reduced to a pouch smaller than a chicken's egg. Therefore, after gastric bypass surgery your stomach can't hold as much food at one time so you end up eating less. You eat less because your stomach gets fuller quicker so you consume less weight producing calories.
The surgery also involves bypassing the upper part of the small intestine so this results in less food being digested so not only is the rate of food consumption reduced but the amount of food absorbed by the body is reduced. So gastric bypass surgery works in two ways to reduce your calorie intake. It can produce sustainable, 25 to 35% reductions in weight.
All surgical procedures have some adverse risks. In the case of gastric bypass surgery there is a risk of inadequate nutrition because part of the small intesine has been bypassed therefore you may develop a deficiency of some vitamins and minerals and conditions accociated with these such as anemia and osteoporosis. Blood clots and infections are risks common to all surgery. Some research indicates that about one third of people who have surgery for obesity develop gallstones.
Gastric bypass surgery usually requires being in hospital for about four or five days and then it takes about a month to recover. You need to meet certain criteria before doctors will perform gastric bypass surgery. You may qualify if you have been obese for at least five years, are aged between 18 and 65, have no history of alcohol abuse and have no untreated psychiatric disorder.
After you've had gastric bypass surgey you may experience some of the following effects caused by food passing too quickly through the digestive system: nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness and diarrhea soon after eating. The weight loss due to gastric bypass surgery is noticeable straight away and weight loss continues for the first year. Generally this lost weight is not put back on again, it can be maintained with close medical supervision and the adoption of healthy eating and exersise habits.
If you are considering gastric bypass surgery then it is vital that you get thorough medical advice and do a very careful analysis of the benefits compared to the risks.
By John Kirkham
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