{"id":34064,"date":"2017-04-21T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/egypt-500kg-woman-loses-half-her-weight-after\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T12:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T12:42:57","slug":"egypt-500kg-woman-loses-half-her-weight-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egypt-500kg-woman-loses-half-her-weight-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt ‘500kg woman’ loses half her weight after India surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

{An Indian hospital treating an Egyptian woman, believed to have been the world’s heaviest woman, says she has lost 250kg (550lbs) after surgery.}<\/p>\n

Eman Abd El Aty’s family said she originally weighed 500kg – and was unable to leave her home for 25 years.<\/p>\n

Ms Abd El Aty underwent bariatric surgery at Mumbai’s Saifee hospital two months ago.<\/p>\n

The hospital said she could now fit into a wheelchair and sit up for longer periods of time.<\/p>\n

The surgery was performed by a team of doctors led by bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazal Lakdawala.<\/p>\n

The hospital has released new pictures of Ms Abd El Aty following weight reduction surgery.<\/p>\n

Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is used as a last resort to treat people who are dangerously obese (having a body mass index of 40 or above, or 35 with other obesity-related health conditions).<\/p>\n

Dr Lakdawala said in a statement that Ms Abd El Aty continued to “rapidly” lose weight, but added that a stroke she had suffered as a child meant that she was still paralysed on one side of her body and continued to suffer convulsions. She also has difficulty speaking and swallowing.<\/p>\n

The statement added that the hospital was now waiting for her to lose enough weight for her to be able to fit inside a CT scan machine to ascertain the cause of her stroke.<\/p>\n

Dr Lakdawala said the next stage of her treatment involved putting her on a trial drug for obesity after six months. The hospital is currently attempting to procure the drug from a US based pharmaceutical company.<\/p>\n

Ms Abd El Aty’s family says she weighed 5kg (11lb) at birth and was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition in which body parts swell due to a parasitic infection.<\/p>\n

By the time she was 11, her weight had risen sharply and she suffered a stroke which left her bedridden.<\/p>\n

She is cared for by her mother and sister.<\/p>\n

Ms Abd El Aty’s weight loss means she may no longer be the heaviest woman alive.<\/p>\n

The Guinness world records says the heaviest woman living is Pauline Potter in the US, who weighed 293.6 kg (643 lbs) when measured in July 2012.<\/p>\n

Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is used as a last resort to treat people who are dangerously obese and carrying an excessive amount of body fat.<\/p>\n

{{The two most common types of weight loss surgery are:}}<\/p>\n

{{Gastric band}}, where a band is used to reduce the size of the stomach so a smaller amount of food is required to make someone feel full<\/p>\n

{{Gastric bypass}}, where the digestive system is re-routed past most of the stomach so less food is digested to make someone feel full<\/p>\n

\"Eman<\/figure>\n

Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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