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What are safe weight loss procedures?
The classification of obesity as a disease is not for nothing. Obesity is the accumulation of fats in various parts of the body. These fats accumulate gradually when a person eats more calories than is burned during his activities, or laziness about movement..
Why is obesity classified as a disease?
Obesity is classified as a disease and not just an aesthetic condition, because it causes the risk of many diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, high cholesterol and sleep apnea.
Obesity can reduce your overall quality of life. You may not be able to do the things you used to do, such as participate in fun activities.
Getting rid of obesity is not a complicated matter, following strict diets and exercising may help you get rid of it, and you can also resort to slimming operations if you are a suitable candidate for these operations
One of the most famous slimming procedures is the gastric sleeve surgery and Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
What is the gastric sleeve operation?
Gastric sleeve surgery, in which the doctor cuts a large part of the stomach and leaves the remaining part, which is like a small tube, and the new stomach is much smaller than the previous stomach.
What is the gastric bypass surgery?
Gastric bypass surgery in which the doctor covers a part of the stomach called a pouch, and then diverts the bypass by bypassing a part of the small intestine, so the body absorbs fewer calories
Who are the candidates for slimming operations?
- If your BMI is above 40, this indicates severe obesity
- If the body mass index is higher than 35 and there are diseases that may accompany obesity, such as high blood sugar, cholesterol and high blood pressure
- Your age is between 18 and 65
- The ineffectiveness of exercise and diet
- After performing any of these operations - according to your discussion with the doctor to perform any of them - you will eat less quantities and you will feel full quickly due to the size of your small stomach..
Is slimming operations safe?
Slimming operations in previous decades were like major operations as they were open surgeries, and patients took a long time to recover from them, but nowadays, after the invention of the endoscope, these operations have become largely safe and take less time to recover, which may reach only two weeks …
The endoscope is a long, precise device with a camera installed at its tip, where the doctor makes a small incision and inserts it into the patient’s abdomen so that he can see on a special screen and then start his work with other surgical tools.
Can slimming operations fail?
Weight loss procedures can fail for several reasons, the most important of which are:
- Non-compliance with the doctor’s instructions and non-compliance with the strictly prescribed diets
- Errors in the operation such as errors in stapling or the occurrence of some complications such as infection or leakage
What happens after the failure of slimming operations?
Your doctor discusses with you the reasons for the failure of the operation, is it due to the lack of adherence to diets only or the occurrence of complications as a result of the operation, and it may be reconsidered by changing the diet or resorting to obesity correction operations ( Gastric bypass surgery)
