Ожирение и современные методы его лечения

It is proven that obesity increases the risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular system diseases such as varicose disease, arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease, stroke and myocardial infarction also diabetes mellitus, calculous cholecystitis, osteoarthrosis, sleep apnea syndrome, dyslipidemia, non-alcohol origin fatty heptoses, oncological diseases such as breast, uterus, ovarium cancer. It also decreases reproductive function. The mortality rate of people with severe obesity is 10 times higher than that of people without obesity. Patients with obesity firstly must be closely monitored by general practitioners, as well as by cardiologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, rehabilitators, and nutritionists. There are two standard directions for treating obesity. They are: conservative, which is divided into 2 subgroups: non-pharmacological, that is, following strict diets, having physical activity, and medicinal, when certain groups of drugs are prescribed to depress the appetite center or to reduce the absorption of lipids from the intestines and affect their metabolism. The second way of treatment is surgery, which is used in extreme cases. A wide range of drugs allows us to hope that the correct and competent strategy with patients with obesity can reduce the consequences and complications caused by obesity.