Duodenal Switch Treatment

Treatment includes changes in eating habits and medication. People who have gastric dumping syndrome need to eat several small meals a day that are low in carbohydrates and should drink liquids between meals, not with them. People with severe cases take medicine to slow their digestion. Doctors may also recommend surgery.

The main advantage of the Duodenal Switch (DS) surgery is that by using two approaches, weight loss tends to be achieved more quickly and more permanently.

Because the pyloric valve between the stomach and small intestine is preserved, people who have undergone the Duodenal Switch do not experience the dumping syndrome common with people who've undergone the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

 

Minimizes ulcer risk

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 is a chronic, progressive disease that cannot be cured. But can be controlled.

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 is initially treated by changes in diet and through weight loss in obese patients. This can restore insulin sensitivity, even when the weight lost is modest, i.e. around 5 kg (10 to 15 lb). Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 formerly Diabetes Mellitus Type II and also known as Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes, NIDDM or adult-onset diabetes, is a long-term metabolic disorder that is primarily characterized by insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, relative insulin deficiency and obesity.

After the Duodenal Switch procedure there is weight loss and reduction of mortality and concomitant morbidity of diabetic patients and complications for the diabetes mellitus II .

Preservation of the Quality of Life

The benefits of the Duodenal Switch are so convincing that for the obese patient or morbidly obese patient the results speak for themselves.

Also one does not need to spend more money on adjustments after the surgery.