Understanding how gastric
bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery.
A small study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that gastric
bypass surgery changes the way the body metabolizes alcohol.
Not exact matches
While gastric
bypass surgery can be a powerful help to individuals battling obesity, the recovery process does require some fairly significant lifestyle
changes.
In a sense, the postop bacterial
changes are not surprising, says endocrinologist David Cummings at the University of Washington, Seattle, (although he notes it's a «herculean feat» to manage gastric
bypass surgery in animals as tiny as mice).
Because it
bypasses part of the stomach and small intestine, the
surgery alters the intestinal environment,
changing elements such as pH and bile concentrations.
Their findings, published in Springer's journal Obesity
Surgery showed that after gastric bypass surgery, patients frequently report sensory c
Surgery showed that after gastric
bypass surgery, patients frequently report sensory c
surgery, patients frequently report sensory
changes.
Although this study included only women, it is likely that men who have gastric
bypass surgery experience similar
changes in how their bodies metabolize alcohol.
Another
change involved active warming of patients to normal body temperature once they were taken off the cardiac
surgery bypass machine.
The diet
change was sparked by his
bypass surgery, and...
Angela blamed her ballooning figure on her inactive lifestyle which saw her go to work, cook and watch TV but she became so desperate to
change that she even considered having gastric
bypass surgery.
Raising awareness that another therapy, in addition to lifestyle
changes, pills,
bypass surgery and stents, exists to help benefit the well - being of heart patients is so important.
Bypass surgery patients have no
change in their life expectancy - compared to heart patients who had the same symptoms and don't get the
surgery.
Gastric
bypass surgery refers to a procedure that helps an individual lose weight by
changing how the stomach and intestine handle the food that a person eats.