Diabetes Surgery
Diabetes is a disease caused by a sedentary lifestyle, unbalanced diet or genetic reasons. While there is no insulin production in Type 1 diabetes, there is insulin production in Type 2 diabetes patients. However, the person cannot use the insulin in his/her body. That’s why blood sugar is always high. This causes organ damage.
The classical treatment in this disease is about lowering blood sugar. This surgery is also a method that treats the disease. It is also known as an operation applied to Type 2 diabetes patients. Thus, the existing insulin starts to be used without any problems. As a result, high blood sugar ends.
People with type 1 diabetes do not have insulin in their body. Therefore, this surgery is not applicable to them. It is important to activate the pancreas in type 2 diabetes patients, since the aim is to use the existing insulin correctly and adequately. This is possible with the operation.
Treatment Details
Before The Surgery
The solution of the discomfort with surgery should be taken as a result of the joint decision of the doctor and the patient. The condition of the patient, the effect of the disease on his/her life, and the complications related to the disease are determining factors in this regard.
As the first step, the patient’s blood values and various data are examined by the doctor. These data determine the methods of the person’s surgery and the type of surgical intervention to be performed. In addition, issues such as drugs used in the past related to the disease are taken into account. At the end of the analysis, the operation begins with the advice of the doctor and the approval of the patient.
During The Surgery
The operation focuses on the stomach in the first stage. There is a flexible part in your stomach that produces hunger hormone and causes you to feel hungry. When this part is removed by surgical intervention, your desire to eat will decrease significantly and the obesity problem will end. In addition, your diabetes will decrease. However, this operation alone does not usually cure diabetes.
Therefore, additional operations are needed. After the stomach operation is completed, the stomach exit is descended. The part between the stomach outlet and the small intestine is cut 250 cm. And the same process is applied to the last part of the small intestine. The region in the last part of the intestine is responsible for the secretion of a special hormone.
In order to increase this hormone, its direct contact with pure food is required. And this is the main purpose of the transactions. After the surgery is completed, the rate of insulin secretion increases at a high rate. And the person’s diabetes will end.
