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Keeping the body fit and fine is what every human wants. These days everyone is under the grip of obesity. We call fat people as obese. But do you know what is obesity? A person is obese if his/her Body Mass Index (BMI) is over 30 or more. One can define BMI as a measure of your weight to the height.
Bariatric Surgery
So, in order to reduce obesity, we keep doing exercise as well as dieting. But, what if you are not able to lose weight with exercise and dieting? Then you opt for Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric Surgery is a surgery to reduce the fat. It is an operation to lose the weight by making changes to the digestive system.
There are two types of bariatric surgery. In the first type, the stomach is made smaller which make people eat and drink less at the time. The other one is by making changes to the small intestine. The small intestine absorbs the calories and nutrients from the food and beverages.
Hypertension
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure. It has turned out to be a global issue. In this condition, the force exerted by your blood against the blood vessels increases. This may often result in heart, brain and kidney problems and sometimes premature death.
Cause of Hypertension
Hypertension is directly proportional to the obesity. More obese a person more will be hypertension. Also, it is the cause of many strokes, illness and premature deaths. The pressure of the blood in arteries depends on various hormones. These hormones, in turn, are manufactured in the kidney and fat tissues. In obese people, excess fat tissue increases the level of hormone. Therefore,resulting inhigh blood pressure.
Hypertension and Bariatric Surgery
The most common way to reduce the hypertension is to reduce weight. This is possible with some natural and surgical methods. In extreme cases, where natural ways are incompetant, patients go for bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery is a weight loss surgery performed by Bariatric surgeon. Some of the facts are-
The results of hypertension reduction through bariatric surgery is unmatched. Bariatric surgeons have found that people who have undergone the bariatric surgery have lost around 47.5% of weight. Also, this weight loss has reduced the level of high blood pressure in people.
Bariatric surgeon also suggests that people with bariatric surgery have caused 100 percent reduction in weight andhigh blood pressure. Moreover, bariatric surgery has reduced the high sugar levels, heart strokes, and kidney damage.
Hormonal changes post the bariatric surgery often results in weight loss. This helps in maintaining and increasing the energy expenditure level. Therefore, the surgical weight loss has a higher chance of lasting. Because of the appropriate energy balance is created, high blood pressure also gets lower down.
This is because the restriction in bariatric surgery often helps the patients with hypertension. Some of the recommendation in bariatric surgery are salt, fats, and carbohydrates. This often helps the people withhigh blood pressure. Alcohol is also restricted in case of bariatric surgery. This also helps in curing high blood pressure.
Not only hypertension, bariatric surgery is also effective in various other areas. Some of the benefits are self-esteem, mobility, social interaction and sexual functions. But, from the above factors, it is clear that every change needs a considerable change in the lifestyle. Moreover, it helps in reducing the anxiety and depression.
