Is type 2 diabetes a genetic disease? Not really. If diabetes runs in the family, it may be inherited. Most of the cases of type 2 diabetes without genetic factors are caused by the external environment, such as obesity, which is a major cause of type 2 diabetes. How is type 2 diabetes treated? Traditional medical treatment for type 2 diabetes is generally the “classic five-part process”: education, diet control, kinetic therapy, oral medication or insulin injections, and self-monitoring of blood glucose. However, this traditional treatment, as long as some people’s blood sugar is controlled, and long-term does not prevent the occurrence of diabetes complications. Is there no cure for this disease? In 1982, Pories, an American surgeon, stumbled upon bariatric surgery and reported the results of a 14-year study: weight loss surgery had a clinical cure rate of up to 80% for obese type 2 diabetes, thus creating a new pathway for surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes. Who can treat type 2 diabetes with surgery? The Chinese Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes (2014) stipulate 1. A history of type 2 diabetes ≤ 15 years, and the pancreatic islets still have some insulin secretion function, and fasting glucose C-peptide > 1/2 of the lower limit of normal. 2. Body mass index BMI > 27.5 kg/m 3. Waist circumference greater than or equal to 90 cm for men, and greater than or equal to 85 cm for women, can increase the surgical grade as appropriate. 4.The recommended age for surgery is 16-65 years old. (The calculation of BMI is: BMI = weight (kg) ÷ height 2 (m2), for example, if someone is 70kg and 1.70m tall, then: BMI = 70/1.702 = 24.2.) What are the advantages of surgery for type 2 diabetes? Surgery can save a lot of money, it may seem that the price of surgery is a bit high, but compared to the cost of time, drugs and so on that the disease treatment for many years, surgery is very cost-effective, and can quickly get rid of the disease state Secondly, the surgery treatment time period, surgery with hospitalization for almost a week or so, you can go home, a little rest can be normal work life, do not need to take medicine for years and months No need to take medication for years and months, no interference with normal life