Question:
I recently read an article that indicated there was a connection between WLS and
Lupus. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? Has anyone heard of those a few years post-op being diagnosed with Lupus? — Carletta B. (posted on October 30, 2002)
October 29, 2002
They (whoever they are) try to blame everything on weight loss. You would
have to know whether a person was developing lupus prior to surgery to
truthful know if the surgery caused it. There is no logical reason or
proof for the surgery, followed by proper eating and supplementation should
cause any disease. But there will always be someone trying to scare us.
— faybay
October 29, 2002
Faye your right. Folks who never even heard of WLS get all sorts of dreaded
diseases everyday. But when a post op gets one someone automatically ties
the two together. Now both cases are sad when anyone gets ill. But scaring
folks saying X disease is WLS related is terrible. The person is more
likely to live longer and healthier after surgery and dropping a 100
pounds.
— bob-haller
October 30, 2002
It also helps to remember that there is a HUGE difference between
"causation" and "correlations". While you can
correlate anything to anything, it does not mean it is caused by it.
Science is constantly finding correlations to things that later fail to pan
out as a cause. One must look at how strong the correlations are. For
example, there is no scientific proof that tobacco causes cancer, however
the correlation between smoking and cancer is extremely strong...hence on
can assume (safely so) that smoking likely causes cancer. Gee did I rattle
on or what?
— [Deactivated Member]
October 30, 2002
The old out-dated intestonal bypass operation for wl sometimes produced
what is now known as a blind loop infection,causing a rare form of
arthritis. This happened to me several years ago and I was diagnosed with
MS, Lupus and everything in between until they found blind loop infection.
It does present with Lupus sympthoms. However, i am not aware that the
newer surgeries do anything like this.
— Delores S.
October 30, 2002
I recall reading that bacteria in the intestine (if I recall correctly,
it's the bypassed intestine), is what they believe can cause the
auto-immune disease Lupus. I found this info somewhere on the internet not
too long ago.
— Nancy H.
October 30, 2002
I recall reading that bacteria in the intestine (if I recall correctly,
it's the bypassed intestine), is what they believe can cause the
auto-immune disease Lupus. I found this info somewhere on the internet not
too long ago.
— Nancy H.
October 30, 2002
I recall reading that bacteria in the intestine (if I recall correctly,
it's the bypassed intestine), is what they believe can cause the
auto-immune disease Lupus. I found this info somewhere on the internet not
too long ago.
— Nancy H.
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