Bariatric surgery is a long-term successful treatment for morbid obesity.
About 196,000 bariatric surgeries are performed annually in the United States
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most commonly procedure performed, followed by laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).
The outcomes are promising: excess weight loss at 69 to 76 percent.
On the other hand, a long-term complication rates can be quite high and frequently go undiagnosed.
These long-term complications are often related to nutritional deficiencies that mostly occur from malabsorption secondary to bypassing segments of gastrointestinal tract, where the various nutrients are absorbed. Common deficiencies seen include inadequacies in cobalamin (B12), thiamine, folate, zinc, iron, magnesium, selenium, copper, calcium, vitamin D, and protein.
As a result of these deficiencies, complications might ensue, including generalized weakness, alopecia, psychiatric disorders, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, irritability, osteoporosis, Wernicke encephalopathy, iron-deficient and megaloblastic anemias, cardiomegaly, and peripheral neuropathy.
One study found that three years after bypass surgery, even with oral supplementation, as many as 50 percent of patients had iron deficiency and nearly 30 percent had B12 deficiency.
Premier IV Hydration and Wellness have invested time and education to be able to provide an access for IV nutrient therapy in our community not only for everyone who needs to boost energy/immunity or rehydration, but more importantly to our community members who had gastric surgery who needed IV vitamin replacement.
If you know someone who had a successful gastric bypass procedure, please share our page/website to them. This may help them with their nutritional needs to prevent long-term complications post- bariatric surgery.
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