If you think that you are too busy to follow a healthy way to lose weight then you need to at least consider the risks associated with Weight Loss Surgeries and their side effects.

2. • In today’s fast pacing world, all of us look for quick solutions and weight loss surgery is
one of them.
• Due to the habit of shortcuts, first, we choose unhealthy lifestyles like skipping
breakfasts or opting for fast foods and then we gain weight. That turns into obesity and
we end up inviting different health issues. Finally, when we realize that we should be
losing weight we want overnight results.
• We go for FAD diets, fasting and of course, different weight loss surgeries. But don’t
you think that’s unnatural besides being expensive, I mean, you have gained that
weight during a course of time and so your body needs time to shed that too.
• But if you think that you are too busy to follow a healthy way to lose weight then you
need to at least consider the risks associated with these weight loss surgeries.

3. Different Aspects of Bariatric Surgery
• Bariatric Surgeries are basically the weight loss surgeries. The medical procedure of
reducing the size or removing an entire portion of your stomach to help you lose weight
is the meaning of Bariatric Surgery.
• It is generally performed in individuals who have BMI ranging between 35-40.
• Bariatric Surgery is also carried out by individuals who are facing morbid obesity along
with diseases like diabetes and cardiac problems.

4. TYPES OF WEIGHT LOSS SURGERIES
Adjustable Gastric Band or Lap Band.
Gastric Bypass.
Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Electric Implant Surgery.
Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch
(BPD/DS) Gastric Bypass.

5. Gastric Bypass :
• This is also termed as “Roux-en-Y” gastric
bypass. It can be a laparoscopic surgery.
• The surgery will involve shrinking of your stomach
size, making you eat really less. And your
digestive system is also rerouted with this
surgery.
• Here the food you eat will be held in a pouch,
basically a smaller stomach. Then it will bypass
the rest of your stomach and directly reach your
small intestine. With a smaller pouch to house
your food, you will eat less!

6. Adjustable Gastric Band / Lap Band :
• It is also a laparoscopic surgery.
• Here the doctor will put a silicone adjustable
band at the top of your stomach.
• This band basically controls the amount of
food you eat. The band usually comes with a
balloon that adjusts the band.

7. Sleeve Gastrectomy :
• This is a laparoscopic surgery that results in
the removal of almost 80 percent of your
stomach.
• This surgery leaves only a part of your
stomach or something like a banana-shaped
stomach.

8. Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal
Switch (BPD/DS) Gastric Bypass:
• It is a rather complicated weight loss surgery
that involves some critical steps.
• Firstly, much like a Sleeve Gastrectomy, a
major portion of the stomach is removed and a
small tubular stomach pouch is created.
• Then secondly, a very large portion of the
stomach is bypassed.

9. Electric Implant Surgery :
• Here a rechargeable system is implanted in the
abdomen
• This device is controlled outside the body.
• It uses electric pulses to suppress hunger.
• The wires of the new device are attached to the
vagus nerves which is a cranial nerve, in between
the stomach and esophagus.
• This process basically controls the activities of the
stomach.

10. Side Effects of Weight Loss Surgeries : Some of the risks that often come with bariatric surgery
are

11. Low Blood Sugar :
• One of the serious complications that come with bariatric surgery is hypoglycaemia or low blood sugar. It typically
appears in 2 to 3 years after gastric bypass surgery.
• The effect of this blood sugar disorder can be devastating for the patients.
• This condition often goes undiagnosed because it lacks awareness. However, this may lead to loss of
consciousness and seizures that may lead to many accidents.
Dumping Syndrome :
• It is a condition that can lead to the quick emptying of your stomach after any weight loss surgery
• This often results in undigested food entering the small intestine rapidly. Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fatigue are
the symptoms of this syndrome.

12. Marginal Ulcer :
• Post weight loss surgeries, patients might often find suffering from marginal ulcers.
• It is found mostly after gastric bypass procedures. It can lead to serious complications that may result in surgery
without any guarantee that it won’t return.
• Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, stromal obstruction, or even perforation are some symptoms of
marginal ulcer after bariatric surgery.
Malnutrition post surgery :
• It can be a life-threatening condition for the patients post their weight loss surgeries.
• It basically develops in months and years after the surgery.
• Surgeries will practically reduce the amount of food you eat and that also means your body might undergo
deficiencies of many micros as well as macro nutrients due to this.

13. Internal Hernias :
• Weight loss surgeries sometimes come with internal hernias. And if these hernias won’t go away without proper
medical treatments.
• These are basically some obstructions or holes in the lining of the stomach. These hernias are found to be more
common in the patients who have undergone open surgery than laparoscopy.
Bowel Obstructions :
• Bariatric surgeries modify your stomach in ways such that it will never be the same. And that makes a great point
for your stomach to not behave “normally”.
• The bowel obstructions can lead to major threats for the patients and therefore need medical attention immediately.

14. Gallstones :
Weight loss surgery basically brings a rapid weight loss
and this rapid shedding of weight is one solid reason for
developing gallstones.
Studies show that the occurrence of gallstones in patients
undergoing bariatric surgeries is as high as 35 percent.

15. Why shouldn’t weight loss surgery be the solution?
• With a generation obsessed with fast solutions, it is really difficult to tell them not to choose
the option that takes lesser time.
• Having weight issue can be very much solved with other better choices like dieting and
working out.
• Surely, that will take a longer time than a few hours of surgery but that will be more risk-free,
more suitable and more sustainable for sure.

16. Is surgery superior to the non-surgical weight loss procedures?
• Many weight loss surgeries result in major complications. Often obese people with
type 2 diabetes are the ones that go for weight loss surgeries, but diabetes and
obesity are two issues that can be easily corrected by a proper diet.
• Following a diet and putting yourself in regular physical activity can always be a
better option than bypassing or removing body organs.
• So it would be awfully wrong to say surgeries are superior to the non-surgical
weight loss procedures like dieting.

17. COMPARISON BETWEEN SURGICAL AND NON-SURGICAL WEIGHT LOSS
PROCEDURES.

18. To find natural solutions to all your health issues, you can always
drop by to any of the Truweight Centres and ask our Nutrition experts