What is gastric bypass surgery

The stomach is the dominant system in the human digestive system, and some people have never heard of what gastric bypass surgery is. Gastric bypass surgery is a surgery that is widely used in modern medical technology to cure diabetes, but in the early days, gastric bypass was designed for people who wanted to lose weight. However, as diabetes becomes more and more common, gastric bypass surgery has gradually been recognized. Next, we will introduce gastric bypass surgery in detail.

What is Gastric Bypass Surgery?

Gastric bypass surgery was first used in weight loss surgery. It was later found that the diabetic symptoms of obese patients with type 2 diabetes improved after the surgery. After several years of clinical practice, doctors unexpectedly discovered that this surgery can effectively treat diabetes, thus gastric bypass surgery has brought new gospel to diabetic patients.

2. Advantages of surgery

1. Cure diabetes, normalize blood sugar, and free patients from lifelong medication and diet control. There are two main causes of diabetes: one is insulin resistance. The second is pancreatic islet failure. After the gastric bypass surgery, the insulin resistance disappeared, the pancreatic islet function was restored, and the diabetes was gone.

2. Recovery from diabetic complications. Medical medications cannot reverse the complications that have already occurred in patients. However, after gastric bypass surgery, most patients gradually recover from diabetic complications such as numbness of hands and feet, retinopathy, diabetic foot, abnormal urine protein, and hypertension.

3. Avoid the occurrence of disability and death caused by diabetes. If diabetes develops to a serious level, it will pose a serious threat to human life. After gastric bypass surgery, blood sugar levels returned to normal, complications no longer occurred, and the dangers of diabetes were gone.

4. Obese patients lost weight, while thinner patients gained weight. Gastric bypass surgery can bring some unexpected effects to patients. Very thin patients will gain weight after surgery, and very fat patients can achieve satisfactory weight loss results after surgery.

5. Reduce the financial burden on patients. The relatively low cost is an obvious advantage of gastric bypass surgery. According to a survey, most diabetic patients who have been suffering from the disease for more than 5 years will develop various complications, and the cost of treating these complications is very high. For diabetic patients, one surgical treatment can eliminate complications and reduce the financial burden.

6. Gastric bypass surgery has low risks and quick recovery after surgery. The operation is simple and quick, with little trauma, quick recovery and no recurrence. You can eat 3 days after the operation and be discharged from the hospital in a week. Diet and nutrient absorption will not be affected after surgery.