Losing weight is difficult, no matter how you try to do it. But for some people, when their health is at risk, it can be essential. If nothing else has worked, bariatric surgery South Charleston can be an option.
Being accepted by a surgeon and being covered by the insurance companies that provide this benefit usually have similar requirements. In most cases, a BMI of at least 40 or a BMI of 35 and a weight-related illness are required. This helps limit surgeries to people who really need them, rather than those who just think it would be easier than dieting and exercising.
Different possible options now exist in the field of weight loss surgeries. There are some that are permanent, and others that aren’t necessarily. There are also those that function by making drastic changes in the way the digestive tract works, while others only restrict the person’s food intake. There are trade-offs involved in any of the options, and what’s right for one person isn’t necessarily best for another.
The first majorly successful and still most common bariatric surgery South Charleston is the gastric bypass. As it sounds, this procedure goes around parts of the normal digestive system, which results in incomplete digestion of food. This is accomplished by rerouting the stomach’s opening from the normal position on the intestines, further down. Restriction of intake is accomplished by removing most of the stomach, leaving only a small pouch that fills quickly.
Problems after having a gastric bypasses are common, unfortunately. Most often, people suffer from trouble meeting their nutritional requirements, and need to take supplements and eat a very regimented diet on a permanent basis. Also, eating excess fat or sugar can cause ‘dumping syndrome’, a situation where the person gets shaky, dizzy, nauseous and sweaty as a result of eating these foods.
Banding procedures restrict caloric intake by winding a sterile band around the stomach near the top. This smaller area fills up, and then drains slowly into the rest of the stomach. Filling the upper stomach causes feelings of satiety, and food intake is drastically decreased. But the bands often deteriorate after a few years, and there is some evidence that banding is not as effective as bypasses. On the other hand, they are reversible, adjustable, and less likely to cause malnutrition.
Chances are good that no matter what type of weight loss procedure you have, it will be done laparoscopically. This is when surgeons manipulate tools on poles within the body, guided by cameras on the tools. It involves smaller incisions, which result in less post-operative pain, and a shorter healing time and lower infection risk.
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