Obesity

Obesity: Causes, symptoms, and treatment

The medical condition in which excess body fat can cause harm to a human body is known as obesity. More than just increasing body size, obesity can lead to serious health conditions as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis. Obesity is the most common diseases now a day. The obese patient's percentage increasing day by day with the adoption of an unhealthy lifestyle. The symptoms of obesity are increased body weight and waist size.

Cause

Difficulties in breathing(breathing disorder)

Coronary artery diseases(heart diseases)

Certain type of cancer

Depression and disabilities

Gallbladder stone due to increased cholesterol

High blood pressure

Stroke

Joint diseases

Causes

• Physical inactiveness, sitting at a place for long
• Poor & unhealthy, fat-rich diet
• Under some medical conditions like thyroid
• Certain medications & drugs
• mostly women can get obesity after pregnancy

Treatment

If your body weight is continuously increasing, then it can cause some serious medical issues. There is a need to consult your doctors and try to control your weight before it becomes worse. The expert will suggest some tests like thyroid, blood sugar level, and will ask you about your diet, lifestyle and exercising habits. According to that, he will give you medications and proper diet chart. In some cases when the body weight increased too much then surgery needs to be done. In the surgery, the space in the stomach will be reduced to a level that a limited food only one can eat at a time. Surgery only suggested when all other weight loose methods are not working. More activeness, changing lifestyle, regular physical exercises, healthy and a balanced diet can reduce the weight and can decrease the chances of getting obesity.