Lower Risk Of Pregnancy Complications
Private Healthcare UK, 12th May 2010
Women who are overweight risk serious complications when they get pregnant. Weight-loss surgery is a procedure that could lower the risks, including high blood pressure and diabetes.
Researches show that women who lost weight before geting pregnant have less complication during this time and after giving birth.
585 women took part in the recent study in the United States. Most of them had gastric bypass surgery. The outcomes show 80% reduction in the risk of preeclampsia and eclampsia among women who had surgery before pregnancy as well as 74% reduction in the risk of gestational hypertension and a 61% reduction in the risk of chronic hypertension in pregnancy. All these are causes of pregnancy complications.
“We have long known,” said Wendy L. Bennett, one of the research doctors, “that women who have these blood pressure disorders are not only at an increased risk for pregnancy complications in themselves and their babies, but also for chronic diseases in the future. Can we prevent the development of these disorders in pregnancy with bariatric surgery? These findings suggest the answer is ‘yes.”
Doctors highlight that weight-loss surgery is not a quick remedy to obesity problems but it is a tool that can give long-lasting results.
