Lap Band Surgery Side Effects

Blood Clots after Lap Band Surgery!

What are Blood Clots and why it occurs in Lap Band Surgery?

What are the reasons of Blood clots?

What are the treatments for the Blood Clots after Lap Band Surgery?

When you go for the Lap Band Surgery your body condition is measured and after checking your health conditions, the surgeons select to go for the Lap Band Surgery. After the lap band surgery is performed on your body, you have to take the proper rest so that your body get enough time for the speedy recovery. But sometimes there are few complications occur that can be life threatening and so it is better to know about them prior.

Blood Clot is a problem or risk with any kind of surgery. It is more risky than others because of the time you are under and actual way the surgery is performed. In the Lap Band Surgery everything is done laparoscopically therefore this is minimally invasive and so there are very less chances that the blood clots development. In general it has been seen that if blood clots happens in a general human then he or she can have severe stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism etc that can cause death.

Reasons of Blood Clots

Blood Clots can occur at the time of surgery because the surgeries may have injury to your body. These injuries can be the reason of blood clots action. It has been seen that the blood clots need few hours, days or months to occur. The Blood clots made by blood that converts into a liquid to a semisolid mass of coagulated blood, that consist red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Due to the clot the blood blockage in the blood vessel occur by forming a clump of thickened gelatinous blood. When the doctor gives anesthesia before surgery, chances of blood clots is really high. You can also be caused with Hair loss problems. After surgery if you have smoking habit then it can cause blood clots after lap band surgery. It may also occur after lap band surgery.

Treatment of Blood Clots after Lap Band Surgery

If you had gone over Lap Band Surgery then it is very important to prevent the blood clots after surgery. Do not lift any heavy thing. Try to walk as much as you are comfortable with. It’s a nice way to regain strength and prevent blood clots. Patients should engage in light exercise as soon as possible after surgery to help speed healing and prevent complications associated with blood clots.

First know what are the symptoms of blood clots like bodily swelling, skin redness, and pain to touch, breathing problems and chest pain, abnormal heartbeat and if any of them occurs with you then immediately call your doctor.

In recent research it was found that if the blood clots are occurred in your lungs then Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) should be considered as first line treatment option for serious clots. The CDT is done in hospital radiology suite by interventional radiologist who inserts a catheter into vein in the leg and threads till it reaches the side of the blood clot. Once the catheter tip reaches to the clot, the thrombolytic drug is infused into the clot through the catheter. Then the blood clot dissolves within few days. Before deciding for any treatment first meet your lap band surgeon and take the suggestion from them and follow the instruction they are giving to you.