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Ditching the Diet
How Bariatric Surgery Offers Real Relief
Q : What is bariatric Surgery ? A : Bariatric surgery , also called weight loss surgery , is a category of surgical operations intended to help people with obesity lose weight . Bariatric surgery procedures work by modifying your digestive system-usually your stomach and sometimes also your small intestine to regulate how many calories you can consume and absorb . They can also reduce the hunger signals that travel from your digestive system to your brain .
Q : Who can do the bariatric ? A : Commonly your BMI is 35to 39.9 obesity and you have a serious weight -related health problem , such as type 2 diabetes , high blood pressure or severe sleep apnea . And patients with PCOS problems are recommended to do bariatric .
Q : How long I will have to stay in hospital ? A : Patients undergoing bariatric surgery with Mr . Gafoor can expect a straightforward schedule : admission on the first day , the operation on the second day , and discharge on the third day , with a total stay of about three days and two nights . Q : When can I eat regular foods ? A : A sleeve diet follows a staged approach to help you ease back into eating solid foods . How quickly you move from one step to the next depends on how fast your body heals and adjusts to the change in eating patterns . You can usually start eating regular foods about 6 to 8 weeks after surgery .
Q : How much weight can I expect to lose ? A : Patients may lose as much as 60 % of excess weight six months after surgery , and 77 % of excess weight as early as 12 months after surgery . Some of the patients able to lose 20kg in a month Q : How long does the recovery process takes ? A : For wound healing , it typically takes around 7 days , and patients can usually return to work 7 days after the operation
Q : Do you have to lose weight first before surgery ? A : Some patients are required to lose few kilograms of their weight before weight loss surgery is performed . For
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