before surgery
After surgery.
This little boy has become officially the youngest person in the world to have wieght-loss surgery
The boy,from Saudi Arabia,weighed 79 pounds by the age of 2, and suffered from severe sleep apnea which caused him to stop breathing while asleep.
Doctors say typically girls under 13 and boys under 15 don't have weight-loss surgery
Women around the country reacted with sadness and concerns about the message it might send but it was the little boys last resort to live a normal life.
if doctors had not performed the surgery, the boy could have faced physical problems such as pain, injuries,bowed legs, heart disease and diabetes down the road and even death from the lack of oxygen caused by the sleep apnea.
After two different attempts to control the boy's weight through dieting reportedly failed, doctors decided to perform what's called a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which involves permanently removing 60 to 85% of the stomach and restricting food intake.
the current recommendation is to wait until the child is done growing or close to it, which is around 13 for girls and 15 for boys before considering bariatric surgery.
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This kid will still grow fat again. Let them continue feeding him with junke foods.
ReplyDeleteHe will not because majority of his stomach has been cut off
DeleteMy own be say how he tk waka??? I thought dey said that weight don't allow kids to walk or stand on time?
DeleteGud atleast now he can be lifted up n played with.
ReplyDeleteLol
DeleteOh well.
ReplyDeleteI guess the surgery was a matter of life and death.
The weight gain must be a medical problem/abnormality because a 2 year old does not go looking for food by himself.
Looks like a disorder though.
ReplyDeleteThings dey happen o!!!
DeleteThings like this make me breakdown. I v a softspot for kids. I hate to read things like this. The parents shouldnt be permissive with this child. He cannot eat everything.
ReplyDeleteSee? It still has to do with food! Ppl make noise about gym yet eat everything that passes! Long throat
ReplyDeleteEducate yourself, not everyone is overweight from eating, some people suffer from disoders, a part of their brain that signals when one is full does not function!
DeleteShut up foolish goat! Who said everyone is overweight from eating? Did you read d comment at all?? Food contributes most often you can't be starving and fat. Besides d comment was a dig at ppl that have long throat and wonder why they are fat! Not about this kid. D passage clearly states his own medical issue
DeleteD surgery had to be performed even though d boy was underaged cos it was a matter of life and death. Hmmmmmmm. I pray his parents don't continue with his former feeding habit so he won't gain d weight he has lost back.
ReplyDeletei lv ds ova chubby baby.so cute.
ReplyDeleteUnless the child has a medical condition, the parents should b arrested for child abuse...how did they let their child get to that point?...pure neglect I must say...
ReplyDeleteIts not d parent's fault! its a medical condition biko!
DeleteIn this case,it was needful. The kid would ve died in his sleep. Signed:wide eyed!
ReplyDeleteWho put my pictures for here?
ReplyDeleteOkay!
Na yellow boy.
#oroboclub
Overfeedin oo,thank God dey sort it out.
ReplyDeleteshioooo!
ReplyDeleteme dnt tink it is food, but a medical disorder.