How Weight Loss Surgery Protects Heart Patients from Future Trouble?

Obesity or morbid obesity causes disastrous effects on almost every body part. Obese people become more prone to various life-threatening heart diseases. They often do not live long, and untimely death occurs due to heart attacks or heart failure. 

Weight loss surgery has proved to be life-changing for those suffering from excess weight and metabolic diseases. It has significantly succeeded in extending the life span of obese patients so that they can live healthier and happier life. 

Weight loss surgery improves several dangerous weight-related health issues like diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, fatty liver, sleep apnea, and a lot more. But do you know how it protects heart patients from future trouble? Let’s talk in detail about it. 

How Weight Loss Surgery Improves Your Heart Health

Obesity is known to be an established risk factor for several cardiovascular issues. That’s why obese people usually suffer from various heart diseases, like hypertension, coronary artery disease, venous thromboembolism, and many more. 

Your heart performs appropriately when you have a healthy weight. But if your body accumulates excess fat, your heart gets damaged from handling the extra body weight. So cardiac stress occurs, which leads to fatal heart health diseases. 

As obesity is proven to be a high-risk factor for strokes or heart failure, weight loss surgery is the most effective prevention. But bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery is not an initial way to reduce weight. Doctors suggest this surgery to people who don’t get any positive benefits from diet and exercise. 

Besides reducing the excess weight in your body with diet and appetite restrictions, weight loss surgery improves heart health. So more often than not, heart patients go through weight loss surgery. 

Several studies prove that bariatric surgery is effective for cardiovascular issues. Patients who underwent weight loss surgery and routine follow-ups have experienced a significant decrease in diabetes. 

As per the findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, weight loss surgery positively improves heart health and blood sugar condition. It significantly reduces high blood sugar and high cholesterol levels linked to heart failure. 

Individuals who underwent bariatric surgery also changed their diet and lifestyle significantly. Patients’ stomachs cannot handle the regular diet, so they transform into a new diet routine to boost recovery. This new diet plan focuses on providing proper nutrients after the surgery. And due to routine follow-ups, doctors keep the blood sugar and cholesterol levels in check. Due to a massive lifestyle upgrade after a weight loss surgery, many observational studies also prove its cardiovascular benefits. 

Here’s How Bariatric Surgery helps in improving Heart Health – 

●    A lower BMI

Your BMI or body mass index gets reduced notably after weight loss surgery. Hence, your heart does not need to overexert itself. So, the chances of getting heart stroke also reduce remarkably. 

●    Reduced Pressure on Lungs

Obesity affects lung health very much. Excessive weight creates pressure on the lungs and passageways, disrupts breathing functions, and causes sleep apnea. Thus, your heart health gets compromised. After weight loss surgery, issues like sleep apnea decrease when you finally shred the extra body weight. So, your overall heart health improves. 

● Decreased Inflammation and Movement Pain

Before having weight loss surgery, the excess fat in your body must have restricted your mobility. Obese patients are also prone to back, knee, and joint pains. Weight loss surgery puts an end to all movement pains and inflammation. So you get complete movement functions that are necessary for good heart health. 

Final Take – 

Obesity is a growing health threat all over the world. So if you suffer from obesity, you must choose to undergo weight loss surgery to have a long life. It reduces your weight and remarkably enhances your heart health. So don’t be late and talk to Team NObesity at earliest.

About the Author

Dr. Manish Khaitan

Dr. Manish Khaitan is the Best Bariatric Surgeon in India, with 20+ years of experience in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery and 30+ years of experience in other Gastro and Minimal Invasive Surgeries. He has successfully performed 8000+ Bariatric Surgeries. He is one of the best motivational speakers for obese individuals confused about undergoing Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery in Ahmedabad. He has more than 20 national and international publications and presentations in bariatric and metabolic surgery to his credit.