Weight Loss

Prior to surgery to lose weight, you’d better to understand clearly that such surgery may lead to what kind of side effects or what is potentially dangerous, there are some side effects are short-term and may lose weight but after the slow recovery, while others are serious side effects the need to take a long time to recover.

Apart from general surgery complications and side effects, weight-loss surgery there are some things that require special attention:

Anemia

And other gastro-intestinal surgery, like gastric bypass surgery will affect the body’s absorption of nutrients and trace elements, such as iron, the lack of iron would make human hemoglobin in red blood cells reduced, giving rise to anemia. Of course, the solution is to the right iron.

Osteoporosis and bone degeneration

Another risk of gastrointestinal surgery to lose weight is to cause calcium deficiency. The serious consequences of calcium deficiency is that the bones become “fragile” the. If the calcium deficiency of the situation is not serious, just rely on a number of health care products or calcium high calcium foods can be resolved. However, if you have disease-oriented, and would need to go to hospital treatment.

Malnutrition

The body’s nutrients and inadequate absorption of micro-elements will not only lead to an appeal both diseases, but also lead to malnutrition. After gastrointestinal surgery to lose weight, usually accompanied by vitamins and mineral element content of the body below the normal situation, this time, as long as the number of pills to eat to add on the list.

Skin relaxation

With the weight falling across the skin can become loose, and this is because a large number of subcutaneous fat is consumed, while the skin itself is shrinking fast enough.

Dumping syndrome

Pyloric stomach, or after surgery to lose their normal function, if eating high sugar foods, the stomach of food to the duodenum or jejunum suddenly dumping may cause a series of symptoms. In other words, the stomach will be fast food “into the” gut and thus give rise to cold sweats, diarrhea, whole body fatigue and other symptoms. Although these symptoms are life-threatening, but it does feel good, therefore, is to avoid eating high-sugar foods bar.

Damage

Surgery will some things which do not belong temporarily implanted in the body of the body, these “foreign objects” in some unexpected situation may be friction and damage the body’s normal organs, such as the sudden fullness after the operation you are eating, or when the beam surgery too tight in the stomach with a bundle.

Splenic injury

In some rare cases where, in order to facilitate the surgery to stop bleeding, the spleen must be removed, in medicine, said spleen (dirty) resection. In some cases, the spleen removed if not required, may also be damage, because the spleen and stomach itself is next to the.

Suture breakage (SLD)

If the stomach or the blocking of the suture is disconnected, the Food and goes into the original plan does not allow food re-entering the site, can not be discharged, in the stacked inside, it will cause pain, infection, and even be life-threatening.

Hernia

The body tissues and organs in the abdominal wall muscles weak prominent location, it is a hernia. Surgery often makes the abdominal wall muscles become weak, and hernias will often attack. However, about 1 / 5 of patients receiving weight-loss stomach surgery have been asked to conduct a specialized hernia surgery.

A long period of nausea and can not eat

Gastrointestinal surgery originally was to reduce food intake, while there are some cases, gastrointestinal effects of weight-loss surgery, “too good” so that the patient can not eat. One to eat on the nausea and vomiting, such a situation, need to re-hospitalization.

Gastric band beam wander

Beam after gastric surgery, gastric band may be loose bundle or move, making surgery ineffective, or the effect of weakening.

Intestinal stenosis

After surgery, most probably in the formation of wound Scar. Makes the intestinal narrow, poor food distribution. In severe cases, can also cause vomiting and digestive disturbances, which require hospitalization.

Leakage

After surgery, there may occur intestinal leak, the most common situation is that the food, including stomach acid leaks into the abdominal cavity where both. Such disclosure need to re-surgery rehabilitation.

Ulcer

If the acid corrosion to the surgical wound, it will cause ulcers. Of course, the doctor will prescribe to help you to prevent this situation.

Gallstones

1 / 3 of the stomach weight-loss surgery patients will suffer from gallstones. The reason is simple, rapid weight loss and low-calorie diet is one of the primary cause of gallstones. General doctor will prescribe to help you reduce the possibility of stones.

Constipation

Diet and habits of the major changes, making a lot of people are suffering from constipation. Forced defecation, intestinal incision would burden at this time, it should seek medical help, you should not eat non-prescription drugs.