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Disease & Illness - Diabetes

Written by Julia Hanf

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Diabetes is a very common disease which is widespread all over the world, can cause serious complications if not controlled in the initial stages. Nearly seven percent of the people in United States are suffering from Diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is caused due to lack of Insulin in the body. There are Islet cells in the pancreas in the body which produce the hormone, Insulin. If the cells in the body do not react to the Insulin then Insulin can not be utilized by the cells, hence causing Type 2 diabetes.

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The foremost treatment given to diabetics includes a healthy and nutritious diet, followed by exercising. The blood glucose level in the body is regulated by a well-balanced diet and exercising. Exercising helps to maintain and lower the body weight, thereby helping to control the disease. Going further, the other factors like insulin shots and other medications come into play.

Weight-loss surgery has emerged as a very effective remedy for Diabetes. As compared to other modes of treatment of Diabetes, weight-loss surgery has better results on Type 2 Diabetes patients. Gastric-bypass and lap-band surgery are the two kinds of weight-loss surgery. It has been found that diabetes patients react fast to weight-loss surgery as compared to other modes of treatment. At first, Lap-band surgery was considered less beneficial than gastric-bypass surgery as it was found that that lap-band surgery made some hormonal changes in the body.

But fortunately, the surgeons proved wrong and the lap-band surgery also brought about the same changes as gastric-bypass surgery without any complications and side-effects. Both the methods of weight loss surgery follow different ways to operate. Under lap-band method, a silicone band is tied around the upper area of the stomach thereby bounding eating. While under Gastric-bypass surgery, the stomach is divided into two smaller and larger portions, the upper pouch and the lower pouch thereby rearranging the small intestine.

It has been found that in United States, 84 percent of patients falling under type 2 diabetes get treated by gastric-bypass surgery. But unfortunately, the death-rate compares between Gastric-bypass surgery and Lap-band surgery is 1 in every 200 and 1 in every 2000 respectively. Lap-band surgery carries very low complications rate as compared to Gastric-bypass surgery and is very much safe, the reason being removal of gall bladder in case of gastric-band surgery.

Many-a-times, Diabetes patients may opt for insulin or other medications. Dieting and exercising may also not bring in a good change. But, after going through lap-band surgery, there will not be any need for insulin or other medications, easy exercise, healthy diet. Lap-band surgery helps patients who suffer from obesity, have a body mass index of 40 or more, have a metabolic syndrome of Type II diabetes, hypertension and hyperlypodemia, high fat or cholesterol in their blood to reduce 10-20% of their body weight. It is believed that patients who loose their weight were more close to regulating diabetes. These methods are helpful to almost 76% of type 2 diabetes patients.

Scientists are finding the reason for obesity being the major cause of diabetes, and the reason for weight loss being the major treatment in controlling diabetes. Insulin's reaction in the body is stimulated by excess fat and cholesterol in the body. Tests are also being done to identify the role of fatty acids in the blood and the hormones produced by fat in the body that regulate Insulin.

About the Author:

Julia Hanf author of the book How To Play the Diabetes Diet Game and Win Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit http://www.yourdiabetescure.com and learn more about your solution for diabetes.