Friday, February 13, 2009

Three Signs that Tell you It is Time for Lap Band Adjustment

By Jason King

In the time after the operation people who have had the Lap Band surgery need adjustments. A Lap Band adjustment is used to form a sac-like pouch for the fluid near the upper section of one's stomach.

The basic purpose of this pouch is to control the food portion entering into the stomach. After the surgery is performed the surgeons do not inflate the ring or the band around the stomach because there will be development of edema after the surgery, which might narrow the lumen more if the fluid is filled in the band.

Various conditions exist which can make adjusting the Lap Band necessary. This is what we are about to discuss in this article enabling the readers to have a better understanding about it.

A person has to undergp Lap Band adjustment if weight reduction is not achieved in a gradual fashion which is the basic purpose of Lap band surgery. Additional fluid is added to the band looping around the top of your stomach in this procedure. This adjustment is recommended for individuals for whom the process of weight loss is other than one to two pounds per week.

This adjustment is mostly recommended in individuals in whom the process of weight loss does not go as planned, which should be about 1 to 2 pounds on a per week basis.

A lot of people believe that as much as they can get the Lap Band tight, the faster they can lose the weight, which is a wrong concept because this will not only increase the feeling of hunger but a feeling of dissatisfaction as well, due to which the individual might end up drinking liquids that are very high in calories. This will make your weight increase and the purpose of the Lap Band surgery is not effective.

-Unable To Eat Solid Foods

Lap Band surgery is not performed to make a person go hungry as a way to lose weight but to provide an environment where they can eat in a controlled environment so as to manage to get to their desired ideal weight. A tight Lap Band won't allow the passing of solid food through it,causing the food to stay in the esophagus for a longer interval of time giving a sense of fullness in the chest.

A certain amount of fluid is removed from the Lap Band so as to allow the solid foods to pass through the esophagus into the stomach with ease. It not only allows people to control their portions but it also lets them get back to more normal eating habits.

Reflux And Vomiting

There are possible side effects of tightening the Lap Band. Food and drink cannot pass into the stomach when the Lap Band is tight. Food is regurgitated up into the esophagus with causes heartburn. (this means reflux) and emesis.

The condition is corrected by removing a specific amount of fluid from the lap band, which will facilitate passage of the food through the esophagus down to the stomach. After it is done the symptoms of reflux and vomiting are relieved.

Lap Band Adjustment can be seen to be fairly painless from this article, and adjustments are necessary on occasion for better results. - 15683

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