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Is Surgery the Treatment to Diabetes? 

Diabetes has become a deadly disease in the past couple of years, taking its toll on majority of the world's population. It is estimated that almost seven percent of the population in United States suffer from Diabetes. Deficiency of Insulin in the body leads to diabetes. Insulin is a hormone which is secreted by Islet cells in Pancreas in the body. Diabetes is also caused if the cells in the body do not respond to Insulin. In short, there are two categories of Diabetes, Type 1 and type 2. In Type1, the body is not at all able to produce Insulin and in Type 2, the body is not able to utilize the Insulin.

The foremost treatment given to diabetics includes a healthy and nutritious diet, followed by exercising. The blood glucose level in the body is regulated by a well-balanced diet and exercising. Exercising helps to maintain and lower the body weight, thereby helping to control the disease. Going further, the other factors like insulin shots and other medications come into play.

Weight-loss surgery is a very effective way of Diabetes treatment. People who suffer from Type 2 diabetics are more likely to respond to weight loss surgery rather than other modes of treatment. There are two categories of Weight loss surgery- gastric-bypass and lap-band surgery. It is said that diabetes patients respond fast to weight-loss surgery while it takes more time for their body to respond to any other mode of treatment. Initially, Gastric-bypass surgery was considered to be more fruitful than the lap-band surgery because there were some changes in the hormones in the body while doing the lap-band surgery.

But gradually, within short span of time, the lap-band surgery also emerged as a successful mode of treatment of diabetes like the gastric-bypass surgery. The difference between the two modes of treatment is that in the lap-band surgery, the upper area of the patient's stomach is tied with a band of silicone while in the gastric-bypass surgery, the upper and lower parts of the stomach are equally divided, thereby making the stomach smaller. Gastric bypass surgery helps to reduce weight by absorbing lesser calories of food as the food is allowed to bypass the small intestine in this treatment.

Almost 84 percent of the Type 2 diabetes patients in United States are given the gastric-bypass surgery treatment. The ratio of the death-rate of the patients undergoing Gastric-bypass surgery is 1 in 200 while the ratio of the death-rate of the patients undergoing Gastric-bypass surgery is 1 in 2000. Lap-band surgery has less side-effects in comparison to the Gastric-bypass surgery and is more safer than the Gastric-bypass surgery as the gall bladder is completely removed from the body in case of gastric-band surgery.

Many-a-times, Diabetes patients may opt for insulin or other medications. Dieting and exercising may also not bring in a good change. But, after going through lap-band surgery, there will not be any need for insulin or other medications, easy exercise, healthy diet. Lap-band surgery helps patients who suffer from obesity, have a body mass index of 40 or more, have a metabolic syndrome of Type II diabetes, hypertension and hyperlypodemia, high fat or cholesterol in their blood to reduce 10-20% of their body weight. It is believed that patients who loose their weight were more close to regulating diabetes. These methods are helpful to almost 76% of type 2 diabetes patients.

Scientists are finding the reason for obesity being the major cause of diabetes, and the reason for weight loss being the major treatment in controlling diabetes. Insulin's reaction in the body is stimulated by excess fat and cholesterol in the body. Tests are also being done to identify the the role of fatty acids in the blood and the hormones produced by fat in the body that regulate Insulin.

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