Can diabetes be treated with surgery?
Diabetes is one of the most common and life-threatening diseases all over the world.
So, is there a permanent cure for diabetes?
General Surgery Specialist Assoc. Dr. Kamil Gülpınar states that diabetes can be treated with surgical techniques.
“Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which is the most common form of diabetes, is approximately . 90% of it is caused by obesity, that is, excess body fat. Metabolic and bariatric surgery are currently the most effective forms of treatment in the treatment of obesity-related diabetes. After treatment, almost all patients experience improvement and symptoms of diabetes disappear.”
What is diabetes?
“To answer this, first examine the role of insulin in your body. You must understand. When you eat, your body turns food into sugar, or glucose. At this point, your pancreas needs to secrete insulin. Insulin serves as the "key" to open your cells, allowing glucose to enter and use the glucose for energy. However, this system does not work in diabetes. Many different factors can cause the onset of diabetes. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are the most common forms of the disease, but there are other types, such as gestational diabetes, that occur during pregnancy. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, accounting for approximately 95% of all cases. Including risk of mortality from type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, neuropathy, amputations, impotence, depression, cognitive decline, and certain types of cancer. It can cause many serious health problems. Premature death from type 2 diabetes can increase by 80 percent. Therefore, timely treatment is very important.”
Treatment of diabetes with medication
“Type 1 diabetes is insulin-dependent diabetes. It is typically called"juvenile"diabetes because type 1 diabetes usually develops in children and teenagers, but it can also develop later in life. In type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system attacks a part of the pancreas and mistakenly sees the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas as foreign and destroys them. This attack is known as an "autoimmune" disease. The patient with type 1 diabetes treats the disease by giving insulin injections. Along with this, lifestyle, that is, nutrition, exercise, stress and general health, must be taken under control. Medical treatment of type 2 diabetes also includes lifestyle control (weight loss, proper diet, exercise) and anti-diabetes medications. Medical control and strict adherence to prescribed diabetes treatment, medications and lifestyle changes help alleviate the disease and prevent blood sugar levels from rising too high. But type 2 diabetes may worsen over time and more medication or higher dosages may be required to control blood sugar. In other words, type 2 diabetes is a chronic and progressive disease and must be treated with surgical methods.”
Treatment of diabetes with surgery
Assoc. Dr. Kamil Gülpınar “Diabetes can be cured by controlling it with surgery. Bariatric surgery, that is, obesity surgery, has many positive effects on type 2 diabetes. It can lower blood sugar, reduce the dosage and type of medication needed, and improve diabetes-related health problems. It helps to remove. Various treatment methods can be applied in bariatric surgery. Common bariatric surgery procedures include gastric bypass surgery, sleeve gastrectomy, adjustable gastric band (clamp) and duodenal switch techniques. Bariatric surgery procedures; It is applied to reduce the volume of the stomach, reduce the absorption of nutrients, and restrict the stomach. Today, bariatric surgery; It is performed using minimally invasive techniques, that is, closed techniques. With these highly reliable techniques, life-threatening diabetes can be successfully controlled.”
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