OBESITY TREATMENT

TYPE 2 DIABETES TREATMENT

Type 2 Diabetes Treatment: What is it, What are the Applications and Procedures, Frequently Asked Questions

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, constituting 90 percent of diabetes patients. It is also known as "hidden sugar" among the people. This disease is caused by genetic and environmental factors. It is usually seen at the age of 40 and above.

A regular, healthy diet and daily exercises are also very important in addition to medicine therapy in type 2 diabetes patients. However, although these measures are preventive for the progression of the disease; unfortunately, they are insufficient in some cases and surgical procedure is required at this point. Grand Health Point doctors apply the most appropriate treatment method for Type 2 diabetes patients as a result of detailed analysis.

1.What Causes Type 2 Diabetes?

Inadequate and balanced nutrition and meals away from healthy foods cause this disease in the fastest way. Besides, people can get diabetes due to genetic and environmental factors.
Type 2 diabetes is a type of diabetes disease that occurs due to many factors such as obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol, cardiovascular system disorders at a young age, history of schizophrenia, malnutrition and sedentary life, nervous and stress, aging, family history of diabetes, smoking, psychological problems, history of gestational diabetes, large baby in pregnancy, and ethnicity.

People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and having high blood sugar have the following symptoms:
  • Frequent Urination,,
  • Dryness of the mouth,,
  • Drinking a lot of water,,
  • Feeling of hunger,,
  • Delaying healing of skin wounds,,
  • Dry and itchy skin,,
  • Frequent infection,,
  • Numbness, tingling in hands and feet..
However, these symptoms appear gradually over time..

Type 2 diabetes can be diagnosed with detailed information from the patient and blood tests. This disease can be diagnosed if if the fasting blood glucose level of the individual is above 125 mg/dl, if the blood glucose level measured at any time interval is above 200 mg/dl, and if the glucose load in the oral glucose tolerance test is above 200 mg/dl in the second hour.

It is possible for sure, considering the rapidly developing treatment methods, drugs, researches of scientists and the success of specialist doctors. However, there is no definite improvement with classical treatment methods. In this regard, Surgical treatment is preferred and can be the definitive solution. Considering the diabetes surgeries performed, one of the easiest ways to get rid of type 2 diabetes is the surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes.

The treatment of Type 2 Diabetes depends on course and extent of the disease. The treatment is usually as follows; it takes place as an appropriate diet program depending on diabetes, an exercise program specific to the patient's height, weight and lifestyle, and insulin-drug therapy. Surgical treatment is applied in cases where medical treatments are not sufficient for the patieny. If medical treatment is considered to be sufficient, surgical treatment may not be applied. In general, cases that require surgical treatment are frequently seen.

Surgical treatment is not suitable for every diabetic patient. The most suitable people for surgical treatment are type 2 diabetes patients. However, as a result of the person's having type 2 diabetes for years, insulin production in the body may not be sufficient for surgical treatment. For this reason, insulin level in the pancreas should be measured before surgical treatment. Insulin level is checked with a blood test.

On the other hand, the weight of the patients is also very important. In this regard, the patient's body mass index should also be appropriate for surgical treatment. In order to suitable for surgical treatment, a body mass index of 35 and above is required. However, patients who do not respond to classical medical treatment methods and whose body mass index is 30 and above can also be treated with surgery.

Another criterion for suitability for surgical treatment is that type 2 diabetes should not be too advanced. In the insidious progression of type 2 diabetes, insulin reserves are depleted, and as a result, many damages such as organ and vascular damage occur. Successful results are obtained with appropriate treatment and surgical procedure by recognizing the patient before their insulin reserves are depleted.

The purpose of type 2 diabetes surgery is to eliminate insulin resistance in the body. Thus, the amount of hormones is increased. The surgery is performed as closed method. 50 percent of the stomach is removed, the location of the small intestines is changed. With this change, a stimulus for insulin secretion comes from the pancreas and the efficiency increases. Thus, Type 2 diabetes is completely cured.

With the surgical procedure, the amount of food is reduced and the hormones become much more active. Both diabetes and obesity will be recovered. Since the stomach is reduced in diabetes surgery, weight loss is accelerated after the surgery. For metabolic surgeries, insulin must be present in the body, otherwise it will not work.

After type 2 diabetes surgery, frequent hunger is not seen as before. Due to lack of appetite, it is faced with the situation of not eating. These problems are temporary and when the body gets used to the normal routine, the patient will feel much better. Plenty of water should be drunk after the surgery. Water consumption is important, as the distance from both food and water will make the patient sluggish.

2-3 months after the surgery, fat, protein metabolism, fatty liver and damage are also improved, and intracellular signaling and transmission mechanisms are reversed. As a result, after metabolic surgery, besides the blood sugar, cholesterol and triglyceride levels of the patients; Problems such as hypertension, overweight, fatty liver, eye-kidney damage and foot wounds are also eliminated with a single operation.