Many friends have a misconception until now that if they have diabetes, then they have an incurable disease. The first thing that internal medicine doctors generally ask patients to do in treating diabetes is to control their diet and exercise in moderation, followed by glucose-lowering drugs and insulin injections.
However, this very traditional treatment can only temporarily control blood sugar, not cure it, and there is no way to stop the occurrence and deterioration of the accompanying diseases. Combined with the poor compliance of Chinese diabetics, only 15% of diabetics have effective blood glucose control, which means that nearly 100 million diabetics have unsatisfactory blood glucose control.
But is there really nothing that can be done about diabetes? No!
The root cause of diabetes is the metabolic disorder of high blood sugar due to insufficient insulin secretion. Therefore, in order to carry out thorough treatment, we must start from the root cause of the disease, insufficient insulin secretion in the body, prone to ketoacidosis, cut off the root cause of the disease, the symptomatic treatment, in order to achieve twice the effect with half the effort.
After numerous clinical practices, weight reduction and metabolic surgery has developed into a mature treatment method for diabetes, and is the only method that can achieve a clinical cure for diabetes. As of 2013, more than one million type 2 diabetic patients in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and other European and American countries have said goodbye to diabetes through surgery. In China, diabetes surgery has been carried out for more than 10 years, and the number of surgical cases has been large, and the results of the surgery have been recognized by all sectors of society.
The unique feature of bariatric surgery is that it changes the physiological flow of food, which is accomplished through steps such as gastric blockage, gastrointestinal anastomosis, and enteroenteric anastomosis. After the surgery, the insulin resistance in the patient’s body is eliminated, and the way food flows through the body after the surgery also promotes insulin secretion in the patient’s body, reduces apoptosis and proliferates pancreatic islet cells, restores islet function, and recovers from diabetes.
In addition to the most concerned blood sugar value, the patient’s hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia, which are all high-risk factors for cardiovascular disease, can also be relieved. Other overweight and obesity complications such as fatty liver and apnea syndrome, which are common disorders, can also be improved.