Band diagram

Sep 28, 2011

This was posted by OH member N.M. in response to another poster's question.  I thought it was an excellent diagram and explaination.

FYI-


The band isn't on your esophagus. The esophagus is certainly affected by the band, but if it's around your esophagus, you'd know it. And that would be cause for emergency surgery. If your band has slipped, it could be causing your stomach to be in an hourglass shape. If it's prolapsed, the top portion of the stomach would be drooping over the band, causing problems, as well.  If you have a hiatal hernia, the top portion of the stomach can rise up into the esophagus, causing a "gap" in the diaphragm. All of these things can affect how your band works.




The left shoulder pain common to banding is caused by the diaphragm (which "separates" the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity) and the Vagus nerves that run through it.  Sometimes people who are banded have a "soft stop" signal... the pain in the left shoulder. The Vagus nerve:





The Vagus Nerve is the longest of twelve pairs that originate in the brain, serving as the brain's central command in the fight against stress, inflammation and toxicity. The Vagus Nerve regulates our "fight or flight" response, digestion, detoxification, various aspects of heart rate and blood pressure and more.


If your stomach is inflamed, which is not uncommon when you have a band, it will become irritated, creating restriction. When the swelling lessens, the restriction does, as well. 

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