Can Bariatric Surgery Help Patients with Comorbidities?

High blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol are common health conditions that affect millions of people worldwide. Often, these health conditions are associated with obesity and known as comorbidities.

Bariatric surgery is a promising solution that helps obese patients lose weight for good, thereby reducing the risk of early death from these and other health conditions.

Bariatric Surgery is the Answer

Bariatric surgery is the only long-lasting and effective treatment for morbid obesity. Unlike traditional weight loss methods, such as dieting and exercise, which are challenging for morbidly obese individuals, bariatric surgery could be a permanent solution.

This is because morbid obesity is often caused by a combination of factors, including genetics, environment, and lifestyle. It is therefore much harder for morbidly obese patients to lose weight and keep it off.

Bariatric surgery helps to overcome these obstacles by altering the digestive system to reduce hunger and calorie absorption. As a result, patients typically experience significant weight loss, improved health outcomes, and an improved quality of life.

Evidence of Comprehensive Treatment

One of the most important things to speak to your bariatric surgeon about is how weight loss surgery will improve your comorbidities.

Studies indicate that bariatric surgery provides the best weight loss method available and, as such, can resolve comorbidities such as:

• Type 2 diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Sleep apnea
• High cholesterol

More so, bariatric surgery increases the potential for an improved quality of life after surgery, creating an opportunity for men and women who have struggled with their weight to finally have a way to no longer struggle.

By resolving comorbidities, bariatric surgery may help save your life. Individuals who seek out this treatment commonly notice drastic improvements in comorbidities like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

Change Your Future by Speaking to a Bariatric Surgeon

If your BMI is or greater than 40 (or if you are more than 100 lbs overweight), OR if you have a BMI of 35 with at least one obesity-related comorbidity and you are unable to achieve significant weight loss even with a medically supervised diet, then you may qualify for bariatric surgery.

Bariatric Surgeon, Dr. K. Robert Williams and his team at New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery in Knoxville, TN have helped thousands of patients achieve and maintain weight loss, and improve their quality of life.

Take the first step into a New Life by viewing our FREE online information seminar . Questions about the process? Give our awesome team a call at (865) 694-9679.