Reduce your belly fat with bariatric surgery
Keeping a tight control on your diet, performing various exercises to reduce fat or taking some Ayurvedic medicines to reduce fat will not help you reduce abdominal fat, which is also called obesity. It is difficult for one person to burn that many calories at one time. This is the reason why bariatric surgery emerged. It is also known as obesity surgery or weight loss surgery.
Bariatric surgery is done to help people reduce their excess weight. It is an operation in which all the belly fat is burned so that the person remains slim. A scientific study reveals that people who undergo bariatric surgery are less likely to fall victim to some of the dangerous diseases caused by obesity, such as:
1. Heart attack
2. Increased blood pressure level
3.Diabetes
4. Cancerous diseases
5. Gallbladder infections
6. Osteoarthritis (mainly seen in women over 40 years of age)
7. Taste
8. Breathing-related problems, such as asthma and sleep apnea (stopping breathing for a very short time while sleeping)
It is not mandatory that every obese person has to face all these problems. But the chances increase if you have a family history, fulfilling one of these conditions.
Various types of bariatric surgery
Four types of bariatric surgeries can be performed. They are the following:
1. Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
2. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB)
3. Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS)
4. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG)
In this surgery, the surgeon uses an “open” approach, which consists of cutting the abdominal portion, that is, with the help of surgical instruments, a small half-inch cut is made in the abdomen. This method is scientifically called as laparoscopy. Since shorter cuts are made in laparoscopy, this surgical method is more beneficial than open surgery. The benefit of laparoscopy is that it leads to less tissue damage, fewer post-surgical complications, quicker recovery, and earlier discharge from the hospital.
Bariatric surgery: being a blessing to save many lives
Obesity is one of those types of disease that gives rise to a large number of other vulnerable diseases and infections. In this condition, it is bariatric surgery that gives hope to every obese patient. Bariatric surgery is said to have led to lower mortality rates for severely obese patients, which is truly a miracle! This surgery not only helps reduce weight, but has also saved several lives of morbidly obese patients. The quality of life of obese or overweight people has improved dramatically.
Of the four bariatric procedures offered, vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) is people’s first choice. VSG is chosen by those patients who want to lose weight but at the same time do not want to suffer the sequelae of gastric bypass surgery.