It may cost somewhere between $17000 to $20000. And it is obviously very costly. But weight loss surgery is a good option to cure diabetes.
It might seem a sweet music to many ears and may seem merely a wishful thinking. But it is true. A research study has proved that weight loss surgery not just cures the weight loss for which it is actually meant, but also diabetes too.
Both diabetes and obesity is becoming epidemic across the world. Almost one in 10 adults is now so obese that their doctors consider their weight a serious health risk.
In UK alone more than 5.5 million over the age of 16 are officially on the obesity register kept by doctors – up by a quarter of a million in the past year alone. And almost 2.8 million people are being treated for Type 2 diabetes, a disease strongly linked to a sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy diet.
Experts said the shocking rise was a wake-up call for people to change their lifestyle before it is too late, reports the Daily Mail. According to the Office for National Statistics, a quarter of the population is defined as obese as measured by Body Mass Index, based on weight and height. However, this may also classify heavily-muscled athletes as obese when they are far from unhealthy.
A report suggests that in India diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the country and is increasing with “tsunamic” speed. This was revealed by a top expert of the Aligarh Muslim University.
Prof. Jamal Ahmad, director, Centre of Diabetes and Endocrinology, J.N. Medical College, AMU says, “More than 75 percent of heart attack patients are either diabetic or undiagnosed. A vast majority of patients undergoing renal dialysis and transplants have diabetes as the underlying cause,” said.
He said the country had 50 million diabetes patients, and more than 95 percent of the population suffers from some form of the disease. “Early diagnoses and optimal management can significantly decrease the mortality associated with this dreaded disease,” he said.
Now a report has suggested that an overwhelming number of people who are obese and suffer from high blood sugar level can cure their sugar by undergoing weight loss surgery. Archives of Surgery, in a report says that eight out of ten patients could stop taking their diabetes medications following a gastric bypass operation.
Dr. Jon Gould of University of Wisconsin says, “Surgery ought to be considered front line therapy for diabetes among obese people”.
The researchers combed through the data of nine studies of diabetics who had either gastric bypass or another form of weight loss surgery called gastric banding. In gastric bypass, food is diverted around the stomach into a small pouch, reducing the amount of food a person can eat and hindering its absorption. Gastric banding slips a ring over the top of the stomach to limit how much a person eats.
