Bariatric Surgery Can Resolve Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the most discussed topics today due to havoc it creates including reduced lifespans of its patients.
Times of India reported last year that an estimated 3.4 million deaths are caused due to high blood sugar according to a World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet on diabetes.
There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. 90-95% diabetes patients suffer from Type 2.
Although Type 2 diabetes can develop due to many causes such as age, stress, genes, family history etc., one of the the main reasons is body weight. An obese person is much more likely to have diabetes.
Its alarming that about 90% of obese are found to be Type 2 diabetes patients.
This is because if you are over-weight or obese, you need to exert more effort on your body’s ability to use insulin to control blood sugar levels. This effort needed by your body keeps on going up and full scale diabetes forms. This is when you will start needing lifelong medications and injections to control blood sugar levels.
Diabetes is a catalyst causing about 60 different types of deadly complications such as heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, foot amputation etc. to name a few.
Hence it is so critical to attack Diabetes for leading a healthy and long life.
The good news is that Type 2 Diabetes can be now reversed in most patients.
Weight loss and a change in lifestyle can dramatically reduce or completely cure one’s Diabetes.
While there is no substitute to exercise and an active lifestyle, some additional assistance may be needed if your past weight-loss efforts have not yielded long term success.
Bariatric Surgery, which is also called Metabolic Surgery, is scientifically proven by host of studies and evidence that its the most reliable solution for creating long term weight loss and there by keep diabetes out of your life.
Studies show that 85% of diabetes patients who underwent bariatric surgery showed complete reversal of diabetes and ten years after Bariatric surgery, only 7% of these patients had recurrence.
We have treated about 4000 patients so far and results at our center, which is reputed as one of the top Bariatric Centers of Mumbai and India, is excellent in terms of weight-loss as well as diabetes resolution.
In fact we are one of the only two centers in India routinely performing a type of bariatric surgery that helps non-obese patients in solving their diabetes problem. Ileal Transposition is the name of this particular bariatric surgery.
Your surgeon will assess which type of bariatric surgery is best suited to your condition and one of the many options such as sleeve gastrectomy, mini gastric bypass (MGB), roux en y gastric bypass (RYGB) or Ileal Transposition is shortlisted.
The success of a bariatric surgery depends mostly on the experience, skill and expertise of the surgeon. Hence please be sure to approach a top bariatric centre that has necessary accreditations and vast experience.
For more details, call us today for a consultation appointment and we will be happy to assist you in taking an informed decision.
