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Is Gastric Bypass Surgery for You?

Gastric bypass surgery is a serious life-changing procedure that has helped change the lives of people, improving their health and lifespan. Patients that undergo bypass surgery have tried to loose weight and failed to loose the weight by exercise and diet. The surgery helps to reduce the patient intake of food. The surgery has been known to increase quality of life, mobility, improve appearance, reduce health problems associated with obesity, like diabetes and heart problems. The question is, Is gastric bypass surgery for you?

There are pros and cons to gastric bypass surgery. All patients do well to be familiar with each of these possibilities. The surgery is complex and preformed under complete anesthesia, meaning the patient remains asleep during the whole surgery. The surgery can take from one to four hours. Although the surgery has been performed successfully several times, nothing is absolute.

Pros to Gastric Bypass

Common pros to gastric bypass, after surgery include, decrease in high blood pressure, over 60 percent of patients no longer need to take most of their blood pressure medications, in over 70 percent of patients cholesterol levels begin to normalize (after about 3 months), less asthma attacks, elimination of borderline diabetes, type II diabetes patients medications often become reduced, reduction in respiratory problems, sleep apnea and acid reflux disease.

Cons to Gastric Bypass

Some patients after surgery loose muscle mass, protein vitamins and minerals, suffer bowel obstruction, develop nutrition problems, often feel nausea and loose hair. Patients also might develop and intolerance for foods like milk, sugar and red meat. Often patient loose their hair. Sometimes the hair does grow back.

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