New studies show that bariatric surgery may help put Type 2
diabetes into remission, reports FirstHealth of the Carolinas.
The Cleveland Clinic said that diabetes experts now believe that
bariatric surgery “should be offered much earlier as a
reasonable treatment option for patients with poorly controlled
diabetes — and not as a last resort.” According to the American
Diabetes Association, Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of
diabetes. It is caused by the body not producing enough insulin
or the cells in the body ignoring the insulin. The Centers for
Disease Control said that 25.8 million people were affected with
diabetes in 2011. In October 2012, the Cleveland Clinic released
the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2013 which shows that
bariatric surgery can help control diabetes when medicine
cannot. “Bariatric surgery shrinks the stomach into a small
pouch and rearranges the digestive tract so that food enters the
small intestine at a later point than usual,” the Cleveland
Clinic said. The Clinic said th