Co Morbidities in respect of Weight Loss Surgery

[ditzyangeluk]

Someone said I should post this as it may help some with ideas for PCT funding ...

I don't have actual figures but do have a list of Co Morbidities in respect of Weight Loss Surgery which may help in some way (could prob find the stats with a web search if needed - as well as some explanations of what some of them actually are! )...

1. Diabetes
2. Neuropathy
3. Hypertension
4. Family history of heart attacks or heart disease, stroke, diabetes, heart attacks
5. Thickened heart walls due to excessive weight & hypertension
6. Intracranial hypertension (psudeotumor cerebra)
7. Migraines/Headaches directly related to obesity/cranial hypertension
8. Bells Palsy
9. Cardiac Arrhythmias
10. Ocular Hypertension
11. High Cholesterol (hypercholesteralemia)
12. Elevated Triglycerides
13. Hypothyroidism
14. Excess Testosterone
15. Excess Facial & Body Hair (Hirsutism)
16. Acne
17. Rashes
18. Chronic Skin Infections
19. Excess Sweating
20. Frequent yeast infections
21. Hormonal Abnormalities
22. Infertility
23. Polycystic Ovaries
24. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
25. Amenorrhea related to obesity
26. Incontinence related to obesity
27. Lower Back Pain and muscle spasms
28. Ankle/knees swelling
29. Asthma or Shortness of breath upon exertion
30. Decreased Exercise Tolerance
31. Hip & joint
32. Sleep apnoea & heavy snoring
33. Acid Reflux
34. Chronic Fatigue
35. Fluid retention
36. Gall Bladder removal due to weight and dieting
37. Activity Intolerance; shortness of breath and severe fatigue even with minimal activity
38. Decreased endurance limiting daily activities, including but not limited to; walking, housework, working, dressing, standing, getting up, bathing, sitting, travel
39. Frequent constipation alternating with frequent diarrhoea
40. Stress incontinence
41. Fibrocystic breast disease
42. Abdominal gas and frequent nausea
43. Haemorrhoids
44. History of colon polyps
45. Varicose Veins

to psychological issues

1. Lack of Self Esteem
2. Social Rejection
3. Loss of Job Potential
4. Inappropriate Coping Strategies
5. Anxiety
6. Severe Depression due to weight, inability to exercise
7. Depression related to difficulty coping with frequent failures at diet attempts

Hopefully you can get something from that list & it helps!

 

[honey-dd]

Thats really good info

i got 17 of them lol but then i knew id got a good chance of funding i just chose to do it quicker as i could not wait

 

[bridiegeorge]

Oh my god for one awful minute i thought i had to have all of them, mind you on looking through them all again i am clocking them up.

 

[ditzyangeluk]

You don't have to have any of them bridiegeorge - it's more for ammunition purposes with the PCT

 

[everhopefull]

Iv got so many of them so hopefully it will help with me geting funding if my dr will refer me that is.

 

[gingernutter]

Thank you this is a very helpful post.

 

[Brunetteandred]

Indeed, an excellent post. Thank you for taking the time to post it up.

Sadly, for some PCTs you do need to have one or more co-morbidities (usually in addition ot the NICE Guidlines).

The BOSPA site has the PCT criteria here.

 

[lozzers_losing_weight]

Someone said I should post this as it may help some with ideas for PCT funding ...


I don't have actual figures but do have a list of Co Morbidities in respect of Weight Loss Surgery which may help in some way (could prob find the stats with a web search if needed - as well as some explanations of what some of them actually are! )...

1. Diabetes
2. Neuropathy
3. Hypertension
4. Family history of heart attacks or heart disease, stroke, diabetes, heart attacks
5. Thickened heart walls due to excessive weight & hypertension
6. Intracranial hypertension (psudeotumor cerebra)
7. Migraines/Headaches directly related to obesity/cranial hypertension
8. Bells Palsy
9. Cardiac Arrhythmias
10. Ocular Hypertension
11. High Cholesterol (hypercholesteralemia)
12. Elevated Triglycerides
13. Hypothyroidism
14. Excess Testosterone
15. Excess Facial & Body Hair (Hirsutism)
16. Acne
17. Rashes
18. Chronic Skin Infections
19. Excess Sweating
20. Frequent yeast infections
21. Hormonal Abnormalities
22. Infertility
23. Polycystic Ovaries
24. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
25. Amenorrhea related to obesity
26. Incontinence related to obesity
27. Lower Back Pain and muscle spasms
28. Ankle/knees swelling
29. Asthma or Shortness of breath upon exertion
30. Decreased Exercise Tolerance
31. Hip & joint
32. Sleep apnoea & heavy snoring
33. Acid Reflux
34. Chronic Fatigue
35. Fluid retention
36. Gall Bladder removal due to weight and dieting
37. Activity Intolerance; shortness of breath and severe fatigue even with minimal activity
38. Decreased endurance limiting daily activities, including but not limited to; walking, housework, working, dressing, standing, getting up, bathing, sitting, travel
39. Frequent constipation alternating with frequent diarrhoea
40. Stress incontinence
41. Fibrocystic breast disease
42. Abdominal gas and frequent nausea
43. Haemorrhoids
44. History of colon polyps
45. Varicose Veins

to psychological issues

1. Lack of Self Esteem
2. Social Rejection
3. Loss of Job Potential
4. Inappropriate Coping Strategies
5. Anxiety
6. Severe Depression due to weight, inability to exercise
7. Depression related to difficulty coping with frequent failures at diet attempts

Hopefully you can get something from that list & it helps!

Thank you for this!!! Do you remember what web page you got this list from?

 

[ditzyangeluk]

Sorry, no. May even have been poached from another WLS Forum