The treatment of obesity is an obsession that causes insomnia in many who suffer from obesity or what is known as “obesity” which is an abnormal accumulation of fat which damages its owner and leads in turn to weight gain, and the main cause of the problem is the imbalance of energy between the calories that enter the body and the calories burned by the body.
Our goal as a specialist department is to combat this phenomenon, treat obesity and ensure comprehensive and high quality health care for our patients.
The leading causes of obesity
Before starting treatment for obesity to find out the causes:
- The family’s health history.
- The nature of the food pattern of the individual or family.
- Absence or lack of exercise.
- Some diseases, such as Cushing’s syndrome, the inactive thyroid gland and Prader-Willi syndrome, can lead to lack of mobility, such as arthritis, which can result in weight gain.
- Some medications, such as antidepressants, some diabetes medications, some epilepsy medications as well as some contraceptives may lead to weight gain.
- Sleep system dysfunction: Not getting enough sleep or vice versa, can cause changes in hormones that increase appetite.
- Aging.
- Pregnancy
What are the health complications of obesity or weight gain
- Feeling tired and lacking energy.
- Breathlessness.
- Difficulty sleeping.
- Back and joint pain.
- Type 2 diabetes.
- High levels of cholesterol or triglycerides.
- Hypertension.
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Gout.
- Chronic kidney disease.
- Some psychological problems: low self-esteem, low self-confidence and isolation that lead to depression.
- Cancer: such as colorectal, breast, uterine, pancreatic, prostate, esophagus, liver and kidney cancer.
Obesity Diagnosis
Several diagnostic sympers are studied and followed up before treatment of obesity or obesity to reach an ideal healthy weight:
Health History: Your doctor may review your weight history, exercise habits, eating patterns and other conditions you had, as well as medications, stress levels and matters related to your overall health, and your doctor may also review your family’s health history.
Initial diagnosis: weight, height, high blood pressure, heart rate and temperature.
Body mass ratio (BMI).
Measure waist circumference.
Blood tests: Include cholesterol testing, liver function tests, thyroid testing, etc. Your doctor may also recommend specific heart tests, such as: a heart draw.
Obesity Treatment
The treatment of obesity aims to reach and maintain the patient’s healthy weight, reduce the risk of serious health problems in addition to enhancing the quality of life in the bariatric, and this requires integrated health care and help a team of specialists, including a dietitian, who can help the obese person understand his situation, make some changes in his habits, such as exercise and healthy eating, and determine the healthy weight and how to achieve it, and the first goal may be to get rid of 5 to 10 percent of the weight The body in six months. You may feel better when you lose a small amount of weight, about 5 to 15 percent of your total weight.
Special treatments
There are several ways to treat obesity, reach a healthy weight, and appropriate treatment methods depend on the degree of obesity, general health status, desire to participate in the weight loss plan, and to maintain the right way to make changes, which they can adhere to for life, in order to maintain the right weight. Treatment methods include:
- Dietary changes.
- Exercise regularly.
- Change wrong behaviors.
- Weight loss medications, which are administered by prescription.
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