Diabetes Surgery in Turkey

What are the Symptoms of (Type 2) Diabetes?

The symptoms of type 2 diabetes are one of the most curious topics. If you have frequent urination (polyuria), frequent infections, feeling of hunger, eating a lot of food (polyphagia), dry mouth, drinking a lot of water (polydipsia), dry and itchy skin, delayed healing of skin wounds, numbness or tingling in the hands and feet, you may have Type 2 diabetes or your blood sugar may have started to rise. (higher than 126 mg/dl on an empty stomach) However, these symptoms are symptoms that occur gradually and over time.

What is Insulin Insensitivity?

Blood sugar control is achieved with the effect of insulin secreted by the pancreas. But sometimes peripheral tissues show resistance to this secreted insulin. Therefore, the necessary response to insulin cannot be provided. This condition is called insulin insensitivity.

What is Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is the type of diabetes seen in people over the age of 20. Although the pancreas produces insulin, insulin cannot be used properly due to insulin resistance in the body. Diabetes is one of the most common diseases today. The dangers of diabetes are now known by everyone.

Who is more likely to have type 2 diabetes?

Those who do not have regular eating habits, sedentary individuals, those who are overweight, those with genetic diabetes, those with stress problems and those who have diabetes during pregnancy and give birth to babies weighing more than 4.5 kilos are more likely to be exposed to Type 2 diabetes.

How does high blood sugar affect the body?

High blood sugar levels can cause damage to the blood vessel wall, which can lead to organ damage. It should be noted that organ damage varies depending on which vessels are affected.

Damage to medium and large-sized vessels causes problems such as heart attacks and strokes in overweight patients. In underweight patients, damage to small and medium-sized vessels causes eye and kidney problems.

Who Can Undergoing Diabetes Surgery?

In order for diabetes surgery to be performed, patients must first have type 2 diabetes. At the same time, it is important that the patient has insulin reserves and that his/her body maintains this condition. In addition, the patient must be between the ages of 18-65, and the medications used must not respond to treatment.

The onset of tissue damage and a body mass index between 25-35 are also situations where diabetes surgery is deemed necessary by specialist physicians.

What is Diabetes Surgery?

Diabetes (Type 2 Diabetes) surgery is an operation performed on people with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes surgery, also called metabolic surgery, has been successfully applied in our country for about 50 years. The aim of this operation is to ensure that the insulin in the patient's own body is used adequately.

Diabetes surgery is inevitable for Type 2 diabetes patients who cannot lose weight with diet and exercise and whose body mass index (BMI) is over 30. Diabetes surgery is a form of treatment that can be easily performed with today's developing technology and helps patients get rid of diabetes. As a result of the intervention in the stomach with diabetes surgery, insulin is secreted rapidly and diabetes is eliminated. As a result of diabetes surgery, type 2 diabetics not only get rid of diabetes, but also of the medications they use for cholesterol and high blood pressure and achieve a quality life.

What are the Risks of Diabetes Surgery?

The risks that may occur in all surgeries are also valid for Type 2 diabetes surgery. These are possibilities such as bleeding risk and infection risk. These risks can be minimized in a sterile surgical environment and operations performed by specialist doctors.

How Type 2 Diabetes Surgery is Performed?

The part that secretes the hormone insulin is transferred to the end of the intestine with Type 2 diabetes surgery. With this procedure, absorption in the intestine is disrupted and food is digested quickly. With this surgery, insulin secretion is increased and diabetes is eliminated without causing mineral and vitamin loss.

Are There Side Effects of Diabetes Surgery?

There is a possibility of complications in all operations performed. For example; approximately 10% complication rate in upper digestive system operations also applies to type 2 diabetes surgery. These risks include bleeding, infection, leakage, leakage and problems related to general anesthesia. However; For Type 2 diabetes operations performed by Prof Dr Hasan Abuoğlu at Marmara Surgery, Istanbul Obesity Center, these risk groups are evaluated separately for each patient before the operation and possible complications are tried to be completely eliminated..

There are also problems that may occur in the long term after type 2 diabetes operation. One of these is hernia and the other is the risk of developing stones or sludge in the gallbladder. Hernia may develop in the small incisions where the surgery is performed. This rate is 1%. The risk of stones in the gallbladder can be prevented with bile-sparing drugs to be used after the operation. In this way, the risk of stone formation, which is 10%, can be reduced to 5%.

Is Type 2 Diabetes Surgery Effective?

The weight loss experienced by patients with type 2 diabetes surgery in their later periods is sufficient to show that the results of this surgery are successful. There are rules to be followed after type 2 diabetes surgery. When these rules are followed, the metabolism works in a healthy way and type 2 diabetes is eliminated. The rules that must be followed after the surgery are weight control and a healthy and regular diet. Otherwise, the patient may be at risk of developing diabetes again.

Do Not Lose Hope!

Type-2 Diabetics can be treated with surgery

Our doctor who applies obesity and metabolic surgery (Diabetes Surgery) treatments with the latest modern methods in our contracted private hospitals in Istanbul, equipped with modern technologies and providing world-class services to patients from Turkey, Europe and many countries of the world; General Surgery Specialist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan ABUOGLU continues to accept patients from all over the world.

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