DISEASES RELATED TO OBESITY
a) Hypertension. - The persistently elevated arterial pressure tends to be more frequent in people than suffer some type of obesity. The consequences of the hypertension usually are renal diseases, brain diseases, myocardium infarct and others more.
b) Diabetes
Mellitus. - The association between obesity and diabetes is very narrow. It is considered that an obese can have 8 to 10 times more the probability of developing diabetes mellitus type II. The consequences of this malignant disease are many and they appear in progressive form, causing renal insufficiency, arterial insufficiency, circulatory blindness, infarct or cardiac insufficiency, infections, upheavals that can lead to the amputation of members, etc.
c) Ischemic Cardiac Disease (Heart attack, Angina Pectoris) - The risk of suffering diseases of this type is 6 times greater, and still more, the risk of sudden death by cardiac attack is 40 times greater if you are obese.
d) Respiratory Diseases (Sleep Apnea, Narcosis, etc.) - The pulmonary capacity is affected due to several mechanisms. The consequences can be lethal. The apnea of the dream is the one in which the patient stops to breathe while sleeping, waking up with a breathlessness sensation or even undergoing a lethal cardio breathing attack by the lack of oxygen and alterations of the heart rate.
The lack of a proper rest and a correct oxygen intake while sleeping causes fatigue and a tiring sensation during the day. Another serious situation is the carbon dioxide progressive retention, called narcosis, that it even causes to fall asleep suddenly while seated, even while driving, which makes their daily life risky and it limits it in their actions.
e) Osteoarthritis Diseases (Spine, knees). - The overload of weight that the obese patients have on their spine and joints causes wearing down, crushing, damage of nervous structures, etc., with the consequent complications of disc hernias, arthrosis of knees and hips, arthritis that in many occasions they will require of greater spine surgeries, prosthesis positioning needed to correct articulation problems.
f) Peripheral Venous Insufficiency (Varicose veins). - The return of blood from the inferior members is severely altered due to the overweight of the abdomen and by an alteration in the operation of the of the veins valves. Progressively it generates blood stasis in the legs with changes in the coloration of the skin, edema and presence of venous ulcers. It also generates greater risk of production of small clots that can arrive to the lungs and cause a pulmonary thromboembolism that usually is very serious.
g) Gallbladder Cholelithiasis (gall stones). – frequently there is an upheaval in the cholesterol and lipids metabolism, that with the nourishing factor, makes frequent the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder, this risk has a higher incidence in obese people.
h) Fertility problems. –It is proved that there are alterations in the estrogen and progesterone levels in the obese women, produced by the excess of fat. This causes changes in the menstrual cycles and infertility, in addition to hormonal syndromes that generates other clinical upheavals.
i) Hypercholesterolemia. - Although we know that the cholesterol alterations are mainly caused by genetic factors, they are highly associated with the elevation of the same one in the obese people and therefore, greater risks of circulatory and cardiac diseases.
j) Factor of risk for some types of Cancer. –
k) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) – It exist an association between obesity and the difficulty of gastric evacuation because of the existence of great weight in the abdominal area. This usually causes the stomach contents to flows back towards the esophagus causing esophagitis and its possible complications
Individuals (men or women) that suffer from morbid or severe obesity exceed in their corporal weight 35 kilograms of their ideal weight. Although, you have to exceed 45 kg on your ideal weight or to display one or more of the diseases than the obesity can cause and that are previously enlisted to be considered a person with indication of surgery.
