Indian doctor to operate on '500kg' Egyptian woman

[Indx-techs]

Indian doctor to operate on '500kg' Egyptian woman

Image copyrightCOURTESY: DR MUFFAZAL LAKDAWALA
Image captionEman's family says she hasn't been able to leave home for 25 years now

An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world's heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery.

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered plane to Mumbai where bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazal Lakdawala plans to operate.

The Indian embassy in Cairo initially denied her visa request as she was unable to travel there in person.

After the surgeon tweeted to India's foreign minister that changed.

India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is herself in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant, was quick to respond with an offer of help.

Ms Abd El Aty's family says she hasn't been able to leave home for 25 years now and claims she weighs 500kg.

If the claim about her weight is true, then that would make her the world's heaviest woman alive as the current Guinness record holder is Pauline Potter of the United States who weighed 292kg (643lb) in 2010.

Dr Lakdawala, who has performed weight reduction surgeries on Indian minister Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah Naidu, told the BBC that from looking at Ms Abd El Aty's medical reports and photographs, he believes that she weighs at least 450kg.

Ms Abd El Aty's family says she weighed 5kg (11lb) at birth and was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition in which a limb or other body parts swell due to a parasitic infection, Dr Lakdawala told the BBC in a phone call from Mumbai.

"They said when she was 11, she had gained immense weight because of which she could not stand up and would crawl.

"And then she suffered a stroke which left her bedridden and she has not been able to leave home since then."

Ms Abd El Aty is cared for by her mother and sister.

Image copyrightCOURTESY: DR MUFFAZAL LAKDAWALA
Image captionEman Ahmed Abd El Aty, who is 36, is being looked after by her mother and sister

Dr Lakdawala said Ms Abd El Aty's sister got in touch with him in October and he began raising money to bring her over to Mumbai as her family was too poor and unable to bear the costs of chartering a flight.

"We are expecting to fly her to Mumbai next week as soon as the formalities are over," he said.

Dr Lakdawala believes that Ms Abd El Aty does not have elephantiasis, but suffers from obesity-related lymphoedema which causes gigantic swelling of legs.

"She would need to remain in Mumbai for two to three months for the surgery and treatment after which she would be able to return home, but it would take two to three years to bring her body weight under 100kg," the surgeon said.

"I'm hopeful that I will be able to help her, I won't say I'm confident because I think that would be an exaggeration," he added.

What is bariatric surgery?

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.

In the UK, this type of surgery is available on the NHS only to treat people with potentially life-threatening obesity when other treatments have not worked.

Around 8,000 people a year in the UK currently receive the treatment.

The two most common types of weight loss surgery are:

• 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

• Gastric bypass, where the digestive system is re-routed past most of the stomach so less food is digested to make someone feel full

 

[Indx-techs]

It's good to see westerners in Fortis Hospital too many times.
OT: The women.. holy hell.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

It's good to see westerners in Fortis Hospital too many times.
OT: The women.. holy hell.

U r from Chennai?

 

[Indx-techs]

U r from Chennai?

Was 4 months ago. My duty place changes drastically! I'm in Shimla today. Will live for Delhi next year.

 

[AlyxMS]

And here I thought it's impossible for poeple to reach 1000lbs.
God was I wrong.

 

[NirmalKrish]

Indian doctor to operate on '500kg' Egyptian woman

Image copyrightCOURTESY: DR MUFFAZAL LAKDAWALA
Image captionEman's family says she hasn't been able to leave home for 25 years now

Image copyrightCOURTESY: DR MUFFAZAL LAKDAWALA
Image captionEman Ahmed Abd El Aty, who is 36, is being looked after by her mother and sister

What is bariatric surgery?

I wish her all the best, it's such a sad state to see this poor woman. I can't fathom how her family and friends let her get this level in the first place. It just blow's my mind to see such a gross negligence.

 

[Jugger]

Why didnt her family seek treatment much before she breached 1000 lbs mark.
Gross neglect from their part.

 

[umair88]

We all are fed up of having to hide our saggy belly while munching on beef burgers. But for all of us who are done with pear-shaped bodies, here are easy exercises for a flat belly!

Step 1:
Lie flat on your stomach and balance on your knees. Extend your arms and press your hands against the floor.

Step 2:
Exhale and lift your torso as your hands, forearms and feet touch the floor. Make a straight line from your head till heels using the energy from your belly. Don’t let your hips from sagging down toward the floor.

Step 3:
Breathe and hold the posture for 10 continue: marham.pk/healthblog

Source: https://defence.pk/threads/explosio...s-of-new-study-findings.429785/#ixzz4Soi9x51q

 

[Abingdonboy]

We all are fed up of having to hide our saggy belly while munching on beef burgers. But for all of us who are done with pear-shaped bodies, here are easy exercises for a flat belly!

Step 1:
Lie flat on your stomach and balance on your knees. Extend your arms and press your hands against the floor.

Step 2:
Exhale and lift your torso as your hands, forearms and feet touch the floor. Make a straight line from your head till heels using the energy from your belly. Don’t let your hips from sagging down toward the floor.

Step 3:
Breathe and hold the posture for 10 continue: marham.pk/healthblog

Source: https://defence.pk/threads/explosion-in-childhood-obesity-in-china-‘worst-ever’-expert-says-of-new-study-findings.429785/#ixzz4Soi9x51q

Isn't this simply "the plank":

 

[alwaysfair]

Poor kid. Imagine her life till now. Not able to move off her bed .
The logistics involved in moving her from the plane to the hospital and also in the operating theatre must be tough.
Best of luck to all involved and may she have a normal life after the surgery.
Kudos to the doc for aranging her surgery .

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Great job Indians, you guys are really getting somewhere.

 

[sputnik]

Indian doctor to operate on '500kg' Egyptian woman

Image copyrightCOURTESY: DR MUFFAZAL LAKDAWALA
Image captionEman's family says she hasn't been able to leave home for 25 years now

Image copyrightCOURTESY: DR MUFFAZAL LAKDAWALA
Image captionEman Ahmed Abd El Aty, who is 36, is being looked after by her mother and sister

What is bariatric surgery?

Elephantiasis is horrible disease. One of my friend and his brother having this. They both die at young age of near 25. After going through this I remember their faces. Rest in peace bro. And all the best to Egyptian girl.