How Obesity surgery causes weight loss

To make obesity surgery in India easier, medical tourism of India offer package deals, arranging for visas, transportation, and translators.  Procedures for weight loss are either restrictive and /or malabsorptive: they restrict the intake of food and/or cause some of the food to be poorly digested and absorbed, and therefore eliminated in the stool. The LAP-BAND®, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty are “restrictive” surgeries, whereas the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Banded Gastric Bypass and Duodenal Switch are “combination” type procedures resulting in both a restrictive and malabsorptive effect. In surgery for obesity management your stomach is divided into two portions: the small portion is your new stomach, or reservoir for food.

View my story of obesity surgery in India. As you eat the food enters your pouch and empties slowly. Since your stomach pouch is very small, you will feel full very quickly. Overeating can be very uncomfortable and may result in vomiting. Your eating habits will therefore change drastically and you will likely never be able to eat the quantity of food that you can currently eat. For example, a typical size lunch for most patients is half a sandwich and a piece of fruit. In addition, after gastric bypass surgery, most patients develop a phenomenon called “dumping syndrome”. When sweets are eaten the patient experiences sweating, fatigue, lightheadedness and diarrhea. This unpleasant experience helps patients avoid sweets and many patients report losing their desire to indulge in sweets. Furthermore, eating large amounts of fats may lead to poor absorption and result in diarrhea and abdominal cramping. Obesity surgery in India is possible because some medical tourism companies are arranging it at a low cost.