The Effects of Obesity on Your Healty
What is Obesity?
Obesity is the name given to excess body fat. It causes a lot of damage to your body. Individuals with severe obesity are candidates for many diseases.
These diseases are:
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Sleep Apnea
- Heart Diseases
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- Attack
- Heart Failure
- Rhythm Disturbances
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- Cancers
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- Endometrial Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Colorectal (Large Bowel) Cancers
- Cancer Of The Esophagus
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- Multiple Myelom
- Leukemia
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- Cerebrovascular Disease And Stroke
- Reflux Disease
- Bone / Joint Degenerations And İnjuries
- Alzheimer’s
- Kidney Diseases
In combination with obesity, the quality of life decreases as a result of these diseases. In most cases, disability and premature death are inevitable. It is the second most common cause of death in the world after smoking. OBESITY IS A SERIOUS DISEASE AND IT KILLS.
Severe Obesity: Why is Surgery Necessary?
Severe obesity is one of the most serious stages of obesity. You suddenly find yourself stuck in the middle of a weight loss cycle when you’re struggling with your weight and consistently. You’ve probably tried many diets and yet you find that your weight is increasing and you can’t stop it.
More than 10 years ago, the studies were announced and the papers made by many health institutions;
Diet, exercise, weight control programs, etc. For this reason, the body’s resistance to conventional treatments cannot achieve a lasting success in weight control in the treatment of obesity.
Bariatric (Obesity) surgery is the only successful treatment for severe obesity and long-term weight control treatment.
How Does Bariatric Surgery Help Me?
When combined with a detailed and careful treatment plan, bariatric surgery is a very effective treatment for long-term weight control. It makes a striking difference in quality of life.
It has been observed that bariatric surgery helps in regression or completion of treatment of many obesity-related diseases. These are type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and many more. Generally, during the weight loss period, patients can see that the drugs they use are decreasing day by day.
It’s a very exciting social opportunity for you and your family, more importantly the drastic weight loss that bariatric surgery provides, but most importantly, it will help you regain your health.
How Does Bariatric Surgery Work?
Gastric bypass, Sleeve (Tube stomach), SADI Bypass, Mini bypass, Transit Bipartite etc. yours;
- Act by changing the anatomy of your gastrointestinal (stomach and intestines) system or,
- Change your energy balance with different physiological effects
- Change your fat metabolism.
Once you’ve decided which surgery is right for you, you should remember that regardless of the type of surgery, your doctor and bariatric surgery are associated with only one eating utensil.
With the change in your stomach and intestine anatomy, the production of hormones secreted from the intestines by some bariatric procedures is positively affected and changes.
This reduces hunger and the feeling of fullness. As a result, the desire to eat decreases and the amount of food decreases. Interestingly, the hormonal changes caused by this surgery are the opposite of the hormonal changes that occur when dieting.
Bariatric Surgery and Hormonal Changes
It increases energy consumption (calorie consumption) with hormonal changes after bariatric surgery. In some surgeries, this consumption is even higher.
Therefore, the long-term success of surgical weight loss is much greater, as opposed to dietary weight loss. Because a more appropriate energy balance can be achieved after the surgery.
Diet and Hormonal Changes
In the case of weight loss with diet, the energy consumption in the body falls below normal. These unbalanced changes can cause weight gain even after a certain level.
There are many changes in your body associated with serious post-surgery weight loss, and these changes increase your fat metabolism and cause you to burn more fat. Following weight loss you will increase your exercise capacity and have a chance to get more physical activity and energy.
Meanwhile, it provides extra fat burning in sports such as walking, cycling and swimming. Sports are very important to increase your happiness and reduce your stress level.
Extreme weight loss, insulin (a hormone that lowers blood sugar) and cortisol (a stress hormone) will balance your fat storage with many hormones and help melt your stores. Exercise is one of the indispensable components in the fight against obesity.
Studies have shown that; More than 90% of bariatric patients lose more than 5% of their excess weight over the long term.
Bariatric Surgery
- Saves you from annoying weight gain-yield cycles
- It is the most effective method to provide long-term weight control.
- It increases your quality of life.
- Improves your health and prevents or reverses many diseases
Success in Long-Term Weight Loss
Bariatric surgeries provide long-term success in weight loss. Studies have shown that; More than 90% of bariatric patients lose more than 5% of their excess weight over the long term.
Of course, you should follow up with your doctor. In super severely obese patients, 80% or more of patients may retain more than 50% of their excess weight in the long run.
Increased Lifespan
Large population studies have shown that patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity and non-operated obese patients have a lower mortality rate than those undergoing surgery. In one of these studies, during the 5-year follow-up period after surgery, patients’ heart, DM, etc.
It has been shown that mortality rates due to obesity-related diseases have decreased by 89%. Another large population study found a 90% reduction in deaths from diabetes and a 50% reduction in deaths from heart disease compared to those who did not undergo surgery.
Bariatric and metabolic surgery mortality rates (3 per 1000) are similar to those after gallbladder surgery. Compared with mortality rates in hip replacement surgeries. Considering that obesity and metabolism surgery patients are in good health during the operation and the presence of one or more obesity-related diseases, low mortality rates after this operation are really important.
Compared to other surgical methods, the mortality rate seems to be an acceptable risk considering the postoperative health gain. Surgical experience is the most important key to success and death rates after bariatric surgery.
