Diabetes is a disease caused by sedentary life, unbalanced diet or genetic reasons. While there is no insulin production in Type1 diabetes, there is insulin production in patients with Type 2 diabetes, but the patient is unable to use it. That’s why blood sugar level is always high. This causes organ damage. Classical treatment in diabetes is about lowering blood sugar. Diabetes surgery is also a curative method. This operation, which is called metabolic surgery, is an operation applied to Type 2 diabetes patients. Therefore, existing insulin starts being used without any problem. As a result, the blood sugar level problems end.
What is Diabetes Surgery?
Aim of the Diabetes Surgery
The aim of diabetes surgery is to eliminate insulin resistance in the body. Thus, the amount of hormones is increased. In case of Type 1 the treatment is insulin. In case of Type2 is the change in lifestyle, diet, medication and if organ damage started, it is necessary to do surgery.
Diabetes surgery is performed for those with Type 2 diabetes, with obesity, those who has high blood sugar level, whose blood glucose levels are not achieved despite the medication and insulin used. Diabetes surgery is performed as closed surgery. 50% of the stomach is removed and the location of the small intestine changes. With this change, the insulin secretion warning comes from the pancreas and the efficiency increases. Thus, Type 2 diabetes completely disappears. And people also get rid of obesity after this surgery. The advantage of this surgery is that it is not as painful as open surgeries; it doesn’t cause problems in a lung and returning to normal life is short and without scars.
Can Type 1 Diabetes Have a Diabetes Surgery?
There is no insulin in the body of Type 1 diabetics. For this reason, this surgery cannot be performed in them. It is important to activate the pancreas in patients with Type 2 diabetes, since the aim is to use the insulin correctly and adequately. This is also possible by operation.
The progression of the disease and damage to organs in Type 2 diabetes opens decision-making process after a good evaluation. Before that all analyzes and examinations of the patient should be done. Although every operation is a risk, sometimes if the success of the classical methods is not achieved, the only remedy can be surgical operation. Type 2 diabetes patients start passing through troubled periods if they do not pay attention to their diet and lifestyle in their lives. Even if they are in the medication treatment, the disease does not go through a recovery process. Surgical applications become inevitable.
