subject: Gastric Bypass Surgery Information and Advice [print this page] Gastric Bypass Surgery Information and Advice
How does Gastric Bypass surgery work? The procedure makes the stomach smaller. The way the surgery is done also makes the person want to eat less and fill full faster, therefore making the person lose weight all together. When we eat and our bodies have to process the food and either store the material or dispose of them, and when the body digests food it goes through both the small, and large intestines.The small intestine is where the body absorbs most of the calories and nutrients the body needs and the large intestine is where the waste is digested. Therefore, when the bypass surgery is finished, the route of the digestion is altered by making the small intestine digestion section smaller by closing a part of it off and with just a small part of it being shut out makes much more of the food eaten turn into waste, and only being half absorbed the rest of the food goes straight to the large intestine for waste.Getting Gastric Bypass surgery basically means that you are getting a new stomach and digestive system. Having the procedure done, creates a smaller stomach by making a small pouch with half of the stomach. Basically cutting it in half, then you have the choice of using either surgical staples or a plastic surgical band to seal that newly created pouch.Once the pouch is sealed it gets connected it to the smaller made portion of new intestine system. Having this new digestive system can trick the brain into believing that the stomach has had the normal amount of food, when it really hasn't. This is the key to how Gastric Bypass surgery ultimately works.Having this procedure done, does come with serious health risks if the habit changes aren't made, that need to be post surgery. 1st step is to take the suggested three to five weeks of recovery. The next step is the diet change, changing how much and what you eat helps keep the stomach from exploding.You will only be able to eat or drink; you won't be able to do both at the same time, as the stomach can only hold one at a time. Having this procedure done also the person to stop consuming sugary food and drinks; just for the simple fact that the newly constructed digestive system cannot digest all that sugar at once.Gastric surgery is not for everyone, and. It should also be talked over with a doctor. The surgery will be considered for a person that is at a life threatening weight or at a body mass that is far above average for the age of an average person. The doctors will also consider if the person has been obese for more than 5 years and if being overweight is genetic.Not everyone is going too considered for the bypass surgery, only because some people will find out that they have other health problems liking to their weight.How well Gastric bypass surgery works, a lot of people that have had the surgery report that they lose weight quickly, and they lost weight for up to one year after their surgery, getting to their ideal weight and maintain it.
