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Question:

What are the Lap band side effects?  ?


I heard that Lap band surgery is good in comparison to all possible weight loss process.  But I think it may have side effects. Are there any side effects of lap band surgery on body? If yes then, what are the effects on body after lap band surgery?  It is unfortunate if there is any lap band side effects.  Side effects of the lap band surgery vary from person to person. Is it true? Pl. answers this question immediate as I have decided to have Lap band surgery.
Answer 1
Lap band surgery is very best process for weight loss. But it has some side-effects or complication also. Lap band side-effects are not more in quantity. It will not affect much more to your body. It can be cure by your surgeon. Yes side –effects may vary person to person. From the starting you will not feel and side- effects. As the morality rate of lap band surgery is very very less. After lap band surgery the first problem you get is less intake of food. If you eat hard chunk food or drink too quickly then vomiting may occur. Due to vomiting there may be changes of lap band slippage.  Due to the port you may feel problem in sleeping. There may be change of erosion of lap band. Due to lap band reflux problem may occur. May be you feel leakage in your lap band.  You may feel blockage in your outlet due to eating of large food. There would be the problem of constipation and gastritis.

Some more lap band side- effects are Dehydration, difficulty swallowing, enlargement of stomach pouch or band etc. 

See more about side effects of lap band .

Answer 2
Here are some lists of lap band side effects. After reviewing this you will understand that there are lots of lap band surgery side effects. It can affect your health seriously. You need really proper care to avoid this or to minimize this.
  1. Vomiting: A common side effect. Due to overeating or eating large chunky food. Eating in hurry or drinking water in empty stomach can also cause this. But the important thing is it result with lap band slippage and slippage cause your hospitalization or re-operation. Nausea is also the same like this.
  2. Gastro esophageal reflux- Problem of eating disorder. When you lay down after eating you experience heart burn. May be this problem is caused due to tightness of lap band system.
  3. Difficulty swallowing- This is the problem of passing food from mouth to stomach. This result with the reflux and vomiting and you know what happens after vomiting.
  4. Constipation- This is also a normal lap band surgery side effects. Happens just because of the liquid food you take.
  5. Stoma obstruction- If your lap band is not placed at right position then you gets the problem of obstruction of stoma opening. This problem has been faced by almost 14% of banders.
  6. Esophageal dilation- This happens after the enlargement of esophageal. This means your pouch becomes too large and there is problem of pushing food by Esophageal. As of result of this you get the problem of bleeding, bloody unit, perforation, painful swallowing, heart burn etc.
  7. Gallbladder—Gallstone will form in gallbladder which results with abdominal pain with indigestion and vomiting because of rapid weight loss.
  8. Gastric Perforation- Tearing of stomach wall is called gastric perforation. As a result of this food come out from stomach. It may cause infection or other severe problem. it requires transplantation if it ruthless otherwise repair is also an option with you.
  9. Pancreatitis- enlargement of pancreases is called pancreatitis. You get breathing problem, bacterial infection etc after this.
  10. Lap band slippage—lap band may slip from its place due to any reason like vomiting and this result your hospitalization and re-operation.
Other possible lap band surgery side effects are- Diarrhea, Hair loss and protein deficiency, Rejection of lap band by body, infection, band erosion, leakage from the balloon, esophageal dilatation, pouch dilatation. Learn more about this and if you experience any kind of side-effect than immediately meet to your surgeon.

Answer 3
i think my band maybe to tight. jus had a fill 1 day ago and now i cant drink water without vomiting it is very discouraging cause i wanna do the right thing. i\'ve been excersising like crazy for past 2 months and no real results i lost more weight doin nothin. i had my surgery jan 5th 2010 I\'ve lost 35lbs doin nothin I thought if i start exersising maybe things would move along. i cant overeat due to the band so I\'m kinda confused but I\'m not givin up. support is very useful especially if u have children. someone who will listen to u and help u out when your feeln down, not to say i have that exactly why im sayn it. u need someone who wont be judgemental and is willin to pick up when your not at your best espcially when your used to being at your best. me I pray, thats what keeps me goin and i have two wonderful children[4 and 9].