After Bariatric Sugery- Dramatic changes in type 2 diabetes

Dramatic changes in type 2 diabetes

If you’ve been considering bariatric surgery for obesity, you probably already know about its many potential life-transforming benefits. If the surgery also improves your type 2 diabetes, just imagine the additional impact on your health and your life!

The evidence in support of bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes continues to mount. Various studies have shown:

• 77% of patients with resolved diabetes. In these patients, diabetes completely disappeared or treatment (medicines, insulin) was no longer needed. In studies measuring for “resolution or improvement,” the number rose to 86% of patients.
• Rapid results. For some patients, diabetes disappeared almost immediately, within days of surgery. Others saw blood sugar levels begin to fall soon after surgery, becoming completely normal within a year.
• 92% reduction in deaths from diabetes-related causes.

Note that different types of bariatric procedures had different degrees of impact. Gastric bypass surgery resolved diabetes in 84% of patients, whereas gastric band procedures resolved it in 73%.

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