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Learn about the treatment of diabetes by gastric bypass
If you are obese and have type 2 diabetes, this article may add to you some important information about Laparoscopic gastric bypass for diabetics
What is gastric bypass surgery?
Gastric bypass surgery is one of the famous bariatric surgeries in which the surgeon creates a small pouch from the stomach and connects it directly to the small intestine after bypassing part of it.
Hence, the food you will eat is diverted as it will pass through the pouch first and then go to the small intestine directly, thus avoiding most of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine.
What are the advantages of the gastric bypass surgery?
Bypass surgery can greatly help you lose excess weight after surgery, and it may also help you get rid of health problems associated with obesity such as:
- Contributes to the treatment of diabetes
- Getting rid of sleep apnea
- Healing from high pressure
- Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease
- Improvement of the psychological state and mood of the person due to the change in his life
What is the relationship between gastric bypass and diabetes?
Studies and scientific research published in specialized journals have proven that slimming operations in general and diversion in particular contribute significantly to a complete recovery from diabetes.
Although the main goal of the operation is to get rid of obesity, it has been proven that bypass surgery greatly helps to improve the symptoms of type 2 diabetes by helping the small intestine of diabetic patients to get rid of excess glucose.
After the operation on a diabetic patient, the small intestine produces a substance called GLUT-1, a substance that helps the body use glucose properly.
The researchers explain that this substance is not naturally present in the small intestine in adults, but is present only in fetuses, and this happens when the route is switched most likely, because the intestine then has to work harder to do its job, for example to absorb nutrients or move food to down during digestion.
Before the gastric bypass surgery
You will need to perform some tests and analyzes that the doctor will ask you to do, and the doctor will give you some instructions that will help you on how to prepare for the surgery.
- You must tell the doctor about any medication you are taking or any minerals and vitamins
- Follow a proper diet that prepares you for surgery
- If you are taking any blood-thinning and anti-coagulant medications, you should discuss this with your doctor because you will need to change your medication routine.
- If you are a type 2 diabetic, talk to your doctor about this as well because he or she may ask you to change the dose of insulin or other diabetes medications
- Physical activities must be exercised before the operation
- stop smoking
