A record high number of Americans—40 percent or more than 100 million adults—are living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If you are very overweight and having difficulty controlling your type 2 diabetes, or feel exhausted by the medication costs and diligence required to monitor your disease, weight loss surgery may be a solution to rapidly put the condition into remission.
When you gain excess weight, your risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases as well.
In fact, almost 25 percent of people who are affected by severe obesity (body mass index {BMI} greater than 35) are expected to be eventually diagnosed.
In New Jersey, one in 10 people has been diagnosed with type 2, according to The State of Obesity report published last year.
This is the seventeenth highest rate in the nation.
Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to a host of serious and potentially debilitating chronic health problems including heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, blindness and even amputations due to nerve damage.
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Trying to lose weight–while tethered to diabetes medications–can prove extremely difficult. Studies have shown that traditional diet, exercise and weight loss medications–the cornerstones of therapy for type 2 diabetes—yield failure results of more than 90 percent of the patients who try.
So how do people overcome diabetes and obesity in order to renew their health?
Medical director Dr. Seun Sowemimo explains:
Bariatric surgery is increasingly utilized as a quick and effective solution to put type 2 diabetes into remission, sometimes just weeks after surgery.
Weight loss surgery enables the body to become more efficient at processing blood sugar, enabling patients to greatly reduce or eliminate their dependence on insulin.
As weight loss occurs, the symptoms of diabetes can be eliminated, alleviating the expense of medications and supplies and co-pays.
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Dr. Seun and Dr. Bennet Togbe (above) host a monthly New Patient Seminar for people considering a bariatric weight loss solution.
You’ll also have an opportunity to speak with support group members whose diabetes is now in remission.
The session is free and you are invited to bring along supportive friends and family members.
If you are sick and tired of battling type 2 diabetes, talk with your doctor about a bariatric weight loss solution or call Prime Surgicare at 732-982-2002 to set up a one-on-one consultation with one of our board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeons.