Diabetes type 2 and surgical treatment Posted: 05-21-08 07:09am
I dear aunt of mine has diabetes and I
would like very much to help her as much
as I can but I am a little confused. There
are so many options to cope with diabetes
out there. I just heard about Diabetes
Surgery and it seems pretty exciting but I
just simply do not have enough knowledge
to figure out anything.
I found this website http://www.worldcong
ressdiabetessurgery.org and it seems
the leaders in the field will be talking
about it in depth. I would like to
convince her doctor to attend but I am not
sure how to go about it or even if
Diabetes Surgery is as good as it seems.
Could some one give me some advise please?
Thank you in advance.
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Diabetes Answer A4164 Posted: 05-23-08 11:16am
Surgical treatment of diabetes type-2 is a
new event in medicine. It was found that
by-passing the upper gastrointestinal
tract (stomach, duodenum and jejunum)
leads to diabetes type-2 remission. This
was first observed in diabetic overweight
patients that were treated with gastric
by-pass to reduce the severe obesity.
Decreasing body weight by itself helps in
treating the diabetes type-2 but doctors
noticed that diabetes resolves itself even
before body weight gets back to normal.
Experiments with animals proved that
by-passing the duodenum and jejunum causes
diabetes type-2 remission and reconnection
of the intestines brings back diabetes
type-2. There is still no relevant
explanation how bypassing of the duodenum
and jejunum treats diabetes type-2 and
that’s why there are many skeptics about
the surgical treatment of diabetes type-2.
More scientific researchers are necessary
to explain the etiology of diabetes type-2
and the role of the duodenum and jejunum.
That’s why surgical treatment of
diabetes type-2 is still not recommended
as a routine procedure although positive
results are obvious. Long term
consequences (nutrient deficiencies) from
by-passing are another problem that
requires critical evaluation.
For now, severely obese patients are
candidates for surgical treatment of
diabetes but in the near future less-obese
or non-obese diabetic patients will be
also treated surgically.
If your aunt is obese she can try it.
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