Weight loss surgery requires a specialized semi-solid diet and strategic muscle-building post-op. Manage common complications like gastric pain and constipation while following your recovery program.
Bariatric surgery involves reducing the size of your stomach to reduce food intake and promote weight loss. The procedure is permanent and requires a lifetime commitment to a maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The most common types of bariatric surgery are gastric bypass, lap-band and gastric sleeve.
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The Five Day Pouch Test is a "reset" diet for people who have had gastric bypass surgery and might be starting to regain weight. Gastric bypass is usually performed only on people with a BMI of 30 or higher who have serious health risks due to their obesity.
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Coronary arteries are the arteries that supply blood to your heart. Coronary artery disease, or CAD, occurs when these arteries harden or narrow. If a coronary artery becomes blocked or severely diseased, it may need bypassing. In quadruple bypass surgery, four arteries are bypassed.
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Levothyroxine is a synthetic thyroid hormone prescribed to treat low thyroid function, also known as hypothyroidism. Part of your endocrine system, your thyroid gland is located at the base of your throat and creates the hormones that control how quickly you use both oxygen and energy -- the basis of your metabolism.
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During gastric bypass surgery weight-loss surgery, the majority of the stomach is separated from the rest of the digestive system, leaving a small pouch approximately the size of a walnut. The small intestine is cut and sewn onto the pouch to complete the new digestive tract.
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Gaining muscle after sleeve gastrectomy surgery might seem like an impossible task, but it can be done. In many cases, the weight you lose as a result of the surgery will reveal muscles that have developed after carrying so much extra weight for so long -- a common phenomenon in the obese.
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Gastric pain is typically related to irritation and inflammation of the digestive tract. This is known as gastritis when the lining of the stomach is affected and gastroenteritis when the intestines are involved.
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Gastric bypass surgery reduces the size of the stomach in morbidly obese patients and reroutes the digestive system to block some calorie absorption, according to MedlinePlus.
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There are three types of hernias: when the protrusion of the soft tissue occurs at in the abdominal wall, it is known as an umbilical hernia; when the protrusion occurs through the diaphragm, it is known as a hiatial hernia; if the protrusion occurs through the lower abdominal wall, it is called an inguinal hernia.
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Gastric bypass surgery is a bariatric procedure designed to limit the amount of food you can eat and, in turn, help you to lose weight. According to MayoClinic.
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A semi-solid diet usually begins three to four weeks following a gastric bypass surgery. It is also referred as the soft/pureed foods diet and is the third stage of returning to solid foods following surgery. This diet is designed to retrain the stomach to begin eating solid foods after consuming a liquid diet.
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A painless alternative to traditional liposuction, cold laser can kick fat off targeted areas of your body without incisions, anesthesia, risks associated with invasive procedures or a lengthy recovery time. Before you sign up with your nearest certified cosmetic surgeon, however, take a moment to consider.
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