Who is the heaviest person in the world?

Manuel Yuleb from Mexico is probably the heaviest person in the world, weighing 550kg.

Manuel Yuleb from Mexico is probably the heaviest person in the world, weighing 550kg. Recently, Manuel intends to go to Italy for gastric bypass surgery to lose weight, otherwise, his serious overweight may pose a threat to his life.

This newspaper comprehensively reported that Manuel had been bedridden for the past five years because of his overweight. He can't stand up by himself. He needs help. Manuel takes a bath twice a week, and it's hard every time-relatives and neighbors help him carry him into the yard and then water him with a hose.

Manuel, 40, said in a recent interview: "I can't walk. I can't get out of bed. " It is reported that Manuel's weight is equivalent to the total weight of five newborn elephants.

Free gastric bypass surgery in Italian hospitals

It is reported that Manuel recently plans to leave his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico and fly to Medina, Italy on a specially arranged flight. In Medina, there will be an expert team of surgeons who will perform gastric bypass surgery for Manuel for free. In order to adjust his physical condition to a state suitable for surgery, Manuel has begun to try to lose weight.

At the beginning of this year, Manuel called for help on TV, and the scene was touching. He said that he is 22 years old and his weight is relatively normal, about 130 kg. Later, for some reason, his weight began to increase wildly.

After the TV program was broadcast, it attracted the attention of Italian surgeon Jean Carlo de Bernardo Dienis. In March this year, Bernard Dienis led a medical team to fly from Italy to Mexico to have a physical examination for Manuel.

Bernard Dienis had previously treated a patient weighing 350kg. Bernard Dienis told reporters that he planned to perform gastric bypass surgery for Manuel. At present, gastric bypass surgery has become more and more popular, and even become a shortcut for people to lose weight. Gastric bypass surgery is mainly to remove part of the stomach to reduce the stomach volume, and then connect the mini-intestine with the stomach. This operation not only reduces the size of the stomach pouch, limits eating, but also helps to lose weight by bypassing itself. Because food can pass through the intestine in a shorter time, thus reducing the absorption of heat.

It is reported that Manuel can leave for Italy for surgery as soon as this month. But some Mexican health officials doubt whether Manuel can leave so soon.

Good health, normal cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

Manuel's condition also puzzled doctors, because the physical examination report showed that Manuel's cholesterol content and blood sugar content were at normal levels, and his blood pressure did not reach dangerous levels, but he was seriously overweight.

It is estimated that the operation may take four to five hours, and Manuel needs to stay in Italy for about a month. Speaking of the expectation of surgery, Bernard Dienis said: "After two years, if his weight can be reduced to about 150 kg, then we will be very satisfied." Bernard Dienis believes that it is still possible for Manuel to return to a normal life through hard work.

Manuel can't be officially recognized as the heaviest person still alive in the world, because the authorities haven't found a suitable scale to accurately measure his weight, and only estimate that Manuel weighs about 550 kilograms. According to the 2006 edition of Guinness World Records, the heaviest person in the world is still alive, weighing 508 kilograms. The heaviest man in human history was American John Brewer Minocci, who weighed 635kg and died in Seattle, USA on 1983. He was in his early forties when he died.