Obese patients usually resort to Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery After failing to lose weight by non-surgical methods
It may include exercise and a healthy diet or failure to follow these regimens.
But also some patients may fail to maintain the results of gastric bypass surgery and gain weight again.
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Weight gain after gastric bypass surgery
After undergoing the operation, the patient begins to lose weight, but to get the best rate of losing this weight in a healthy and safe manner
And fixed, the patient under the operation must maintain an appropriate diet after the gastric bypass operation so that it is compatible with the situation of his digestive system
in its new form and degree of assimilation. With appropriate exercise, and the new lifestyle to be followed by the patient is determined by consulting with the doctor
Factors that may cause weight loss and gain again
- Not sticking to the diet after the operation
- Eating a lot of calories, sugars, snacks, sweets and fatty foods,
Therefore, patients need to understand that surgery does not provide a quick solution to the problem of obesity, and that the key to the success of the operation requires adherence to all instructions. - - Overeating
- - Eating a large amount of food, but intermittently, without paying attention to the number of calories in the food
- Some people do not differentiate between the amount of food they eat enough and their feeling of fullness,
Over time, the stomach becomes able to absorb larger amounts of food gradually.
Which makes some increase the amount of food that leads to weight gain without realizing.
Some problems with surgery:
- Some mechanical problems may occur, as food may move from the new stomach to the old stomach, which is known as a fistula
It is an additional connection between the stomach and intestine, in which case this can be corrected with surgery. - The area of contact between the stomach pouch and the small intestine may be too large, and this can be corrected with surgery
- Change in insulin level, or excessive secretion of insulin, due to high blood sugar when eating a lot of sugar,
Reduces the amount of glucose in the blood, which leads to the desire to eat, and raises the appetite for snacks. - Alcohol use after surgery can affect your hormonal changes after surgery. So it should be avoided.
Or try to treat alcohol dependence before surgery, if you're an alcoholic.
How to control the lack of weight gain after gastric bypass surgery?
Weight gain can usually be controlled by following the doctor's instructions, which may vary from person to person
Depending on his health condition and disease that may require special diets or not,
There are a number of instructions that everyone can follow among them
- Limit or eliminate saturated fats, such as: whole dairy products, fatty meats, or fried foods.
- Reduce or avoid foods high in carbohydrates, such as: pasta, sugars, potatoes, bread, and bread products.
- Control the size of meals, and avoid binge eating
- Eliminate high-sugar drinks, such as processed juices and soft drinks.
- stop smoking.
- Avoid soft drinks and drugs.
- Not drinking water while eating
The cost of gastric bypass surgery
تختلف The cost of gastric bypass surgery varies from one doctor to another as a result of his experience in this type of operation, his success rates, in addition to the cost of the hospital in which the patient undergoes the surgery.
