Why Qualified Bariatric Doctors Can Save Your Life

By Sandra Mitchell


Men and women who are considered obese and overweight are more likely to encounter health problems than fit and average people. The reason for this is because of their bodies inclination to absorb nutrients faster than the normal rate. Because this many are forced to see more than one health care professional to help them reduce their weight and regain their health back.

Since the 1980s obesity has increased in size throughout the world as 1.4 billions of adults, with ages ranging from 20 and above, have recently been discovered in 2008 as overweight. At least two hundred million men were considered obese while it affected three hundred million women. Because these many people are considering and referred to qualified bariatric doctors who help them reduce weight.

Bariatric surgery is an invasive aciurgy that was designed to interrupt the process of food being digested. There are different types of aciurgy like the open approach or using a laparoscopy. The open method means surgical tools are used to cut open the abdomen to remove fat. While a laparoscopy is a surgical instrument tunneled into the abdomen through an incision.

Before jumping into the next weight loss clinic it is best to know which kind that benefits you. There are about four kinds of aciurgy under the scope of bariatric aciurgy. And classified into two kinds of aciurgy such as the restrictive and malabsorptive.

There are two kinds of bariatric aciurgy that one can opts for. But the most famous type is the laparoscopy which uses instruments inserted within gut area through incisions at one half inch. Most patients prefer this type because it offers the least number of damages to the tissues. And requires minimal cuts on the stomach and poses no threat after post operation which provides earlier discharge.

Movable gastric band or known as a lap band incorporates the use of an inflatable silicone wound around the upper portion of stomach. It slows the consumption of food, and is designed for patients between 35 to 40 body mass index. Roux-en-Y bypass uses a small pouch around the height of a egg that is directly connected to the middle of the jejunum and by passes the duodenum. A device with duodenal switch in the Biliopancreatic diversion, a part is remove leaving the pyloras in place.

Restrictive surgeries like the sleeve gastrectomy offer weight loss through reducing stomach volume. The gut is divided and stapled vertically and 85 percent of it is remove leaving a slim tube or sleeve connect to the intestine. Food travels through this tube as well as remove the part that produces ghrelin hormone that induces hunger.

A part of the stomach is removed and a thin vertical sleeve or tube is left around the height of a banana, and is enclosed by surgical staples. However with all kinds of invasive operations there are always risk and complication being faced by the patient. Since almost all the surgery requires to cut open the body.

Malabsorptive type is an invasive surgery such as the AGB. It helps by decreasing the size and removing some parts of the digestive tract. Thus, interfering with calorie absorption, a good example is AGB that use synthetic band wrapped around the top part.




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