People who have had bariatric surgery (for weight loss) may have an increased risk of developing
"Bariatric surgery, which involves altering your digestive system, has become a more common method of weight loss," the author said"Although bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetesType 2, our study found that patients who underwent bariatric surgery had an increased risk of developing epilepsy."
Researchers reviewed medical records fromOntario, Canada, to identify people who had bariatric surgery over a six-year period. After excluding people with a history of seizures, epilepsy, psychiatric disorders, drug or alcohol addiction, they included 16,958 people who had undergone bariatric surgery in the study. They were compared with 622,514 obese people who did not undergo bariatric surgery. Participants were followed for at least three years.
In 73 people, or 0.4%, of those who hadbariatric surgery developed epilepsy, compared with 1,260 or 0.2% of those who did not have surgery. It turned out that in people who underwent bariatric surgery, the risk of developing epilepsy was increased by 45%. People who had a stroke after bariatric surgery were 14 times more likely to develop epilepsy than those who had not had a stroke.
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