More and more diabetics are going under the knife to control diabetes.
More and more diabetics are going under the knife to control diabetes.
This was observed by doctors at a recent meeting of the Association of Obesity Surgeon Society where they discussed the benefits of bariatric surgery in controlling diabetes.
Bariatric surgery, popularly known as weight-loss surgery, is usually recommended for severely obese people who have related problems such as diabetes, hypertension or sleep apnea.
City diabetologists and obesity surgeons have now joined hands to fight the spread of diabetes.
They have decided not to treat their patients separately but coordinate the treatment as it will help patients explore other options to control the lifestyle disease.
Dr Sanjay Borude, obesity surgeon of Breach Candy Hospital said: "We were earlier treating morbid obesity separately. Whenever a patient came to me, I always thought about surgical treatment for morbid obesity and not about medical treatment. Same was the case with diabetologists. They went on treating the patient until it was irreversible."
Dr Muffazal Lakdawala of Saifee Hospital had carried out a bariatric surgery on Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Gadkari in September. Gadkari was finding it difficult to bring his sugar under control for some time and so he had to undergo the surgery, said Dr Lakdawala.
Morbid obesity, defined as Body Mass Index more than 35, is on the rise across the world.
Obesity has very definite health implications and predisposes to diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems and breathing difficulty.
According to a recent study by Metropolis, Mumbai enjoys that dubious distinction of the highest number of diabetics in India.
Abnormal blood sugar levels were found to be as high as73.3% in the financial capital — way above levels in other cities during a survey among 2,28,009 people between April and September 2010 in cities such as Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Surat.
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