Weight surgery can help obese women overcome sexual dysfunction

When excessively obese women have female sexual dysfunction, weight loss surgery can help them to revamp their libido.

The news comes after researchers, who were presenting at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, revealed that they had conducted studies on around 54 obese women who had undergone bariatric surgery.

Before operations were carried out, over 63% of women had FSD. Soon after the weight loss procedure had been carried out they were measured again and it was discovered that 68% were no longer affected by sex drive problems. The women who took part reported that they felt greater sensation during sex, were more able to orgasm and experienced more lubrication.

The experts who were involved said that this study shows that weight loss surgery can rapidly and effective solve FSD troubles in morbidly obese women.

Weight loss surgery is only generally carried out on people with a body mass index (BMI) of over 40. Such people are classified as morbidly obese and it is generally thought that they have gone beyond the state where diet and exercise can fully rescue them from their weight problems. As obesity is a common problem in Britain, the NHS is spending increasing sums on carrying out operations to treat it. The number of patients undergoing weight loss surgery more than doubled between 2006 and 2009. In total obesity-related treatment costs the health service £4.2 billion every year. Earlier this year it was revealed that the health system was ‘rationing obesity in lieu of the rising demand for it.

The major reason for weight loss surgery is not to help with sexual or lifestyle issues, but to attempt to steer overweight people from the impending health issues they face. These potentially fatal consequences include breast cancer, colon cancer and cardiovascular disease. Diabetes is another common result of obesity.