(Correspondent Li Han) His son's weight has soared year by year and he has developed various complications. After consultation, he took his mother, who was also troubled by obesity, to the hospital for treatment. Under the doctor's arrangement, the mother and son completed the gastrectomy surgery on the same day, and both recovered and were discharged from the hospital on July 4. Doctors said that as young people continue to pay more attention to the dangers of obesity, in the past six months, there has been an increase in the number of children taking their parents to the hospital to consult for gastrectomy surgery.
22-year-old Xiao Wang has been fatter than his peers since childhood. He once tried exercise to lose weight, but every time he lost more than 10 kilograms, he would rebound and his body became heavier. Now he is 175 centimeters tall. He weighs 270 pounds, is severely obese, and has obesity complications such as hyperlipidemia and apnea syndrome. Xiao Wang, who was about to graduate from college, gradually realized the hidden dangers obesity brought to his life and future job hunting, so he searched for scientific ways to lose weight online. A month ago, he learned that after gastric surgery to lose weight, with the support of his parents, he came to the Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Clinic of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University. After evaluation, Li Zhen, deputy director of the Obesity and Metabolic Disease Surgery Center, believed that He met the surgical indications .
"Dr. Li, my mother is also quite fat and has diabetes . Can I bring her to have a look?" During the communication in the outpatient clinic, Xiao Wang mentioned that his 45-year-old mother is also overweight and has been overweight for many years. There is no effective way to lose weight. At Li Zhen's suggestion, Xiao Wang decided to take his mother to the hospital again.
Last Tuesday, Xiao Wang took his mother to the Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Clinic of Central South Hospital as scheduled. After evaluation, Xiao Wangās mother was 158 centimeters tall, weighed 190 pounds, and had a body mass index (BMI) of close to 38, which was also considered serious. obesity. Li Zhen analyzed that although Xiao Wang's mother is older, she is still within the applicable range of weight loss surgery. The safety and weight loss effect of the surgery are no less than those of young people. Under Xiao Wang's persuasion, the mother agreed to be hospitalized with her son for weight loss surgery. Last Friday, Li Zhen completed minimally invasive sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass surgery for Xiao Wang and his mother respectively. On the third day after the operation, Xiao Wang lost 5 pounds. It is expected that the two of them can lose about 80 pounds in one year.
"In the past few years, obese parents often brought their children to consult on bariatric surgery. Since this year, there have been 5 cases of gastrectomy surgery performed by mother and son, and father and son at the same time. On the contrary, it is a homework for the children to do a good job in bariatric surgery. "After that, I brought my parents to the hospital." Li Zhen said that as bariatric surgery continues to become more popular in China, more and more young people are learning about this surgery's good treatment for obesity and obesity complications through the Internet and other channels. As a result, acceptance is getting higher and higher, especially among young people with familial obesity, who will convince their older parents to also undergo surgery to reduce health risks.
Li Zhen reminded that patients with familial obesity should pay attention to diet and exercise in daily life. If they are overweight and try various methods but the weight loss effect is not good, weight loss metabolic surgery can be performed. Not only can the weight be significantly reduced, basic diseases caused by obesity such as fatty liver , diabetes, high blood pressure can also be effectively improved or even "cured without medicine."
