Metabolic Surgery is the treatment of Metabolic Syndrome by surgical methods. Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors that increases the chance of developing heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Particularly, diabetes being a medical disease was traditionally treated by diet and exercise with mild oral medicines. When this progressed, more drugs were added to control blood sugars; when this went on increasing, insulin injections were added.
Type 2 diabetes is a chronically progressive disease. It is an impairment in the way the body regulates and uses sugar (glucose) as a fuel. This long-term (chronic) condition results in too much sugar circulating in the bloodstream. Eventually, high blood sugar levels can lead to disorders of the circulatory, nervous and immune systems, which results in high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease, obesity, etc.
The idea of treating a metabolic disease such as diabetes with surgery may initially surprise many. How can an operation be helpful when it comes to the release and effect of insulin?
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How can Metabolic Surgery cure Diabetes?
How can Metabolic Surgery cure Diabetes?In recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that operations, which were initially developed for the treatment of severe overweight (obesity), have pronounced effects on the metabolism.
In 1995, Dr. Walter Pories and his research team published an article titled “Who would have thought? An operation turns out to be the most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus.”
Today, the term Metabolic Surgery is used to describe weight loss treatments and procedures to treat metabolic diseases, especially, type 2 diabetes.
Gastric Bypass and Bilio-pancreatic diversion have resulted in control/cure of diabetes. This surgery can only be performed in obese patients with BMI > 35.
For further information on Metabolic Surgery, make a consultation with Dr. Faustino Daniel Huacuz, Experienced Bariatric Surgeon in Tijuana, Mexico to learn more about helpful options to treat Type 2 Diabetes.
