Gastric balloon is a type of modern non-surgical medical procedure used for weight loss, especially for people with excess appetite who have not been able to lose weight by following repeated diets and who are 40% more than the ideal weight.
The stomach balloon is a flexible elastic material made of silicon. This balloon is inserted by means of the endoscopy through the mouth, where it is filled with a sterile fluid and therefore floats inside the stomach and fills space and takes space in it, which gives the person a sense of satiety and fullness. The balloon should be removed after six to eight months, because stomach acids can damage the balloon, break it and puncture it.
The duration of the stomach balloon does not take more than half an hour. The patient does not need to stay in the hospital after the procedure. The patient is anesthetized locally and the balloon is inserted into the stomach using the endoscopy. The balloon is then filled with 600 – 700 ml of sterile fluid, Previously, the balloon inside contains a self-closing valve to prevent the sterilized liquid from leaving and thus keeps the size of the balloon does not move the balloon to the intestine.
The process of putting the stomach balloon alone is not enough to lose weight, but the person who carried out this process to follow a diet and a healthy diet, in addition to eat a few quantities and chewed his food well and slowly and maintain healthy habits daily to avoid weight gain once Other.
The process of balloon prepared from non-serious operations, the symptoms felt by the process is the feeling of nausea and colic and it disappears within a few days of the operation and can be controlled by taking the drugs allocated to it, but there are complications that may get the patient, such as bleeding Or infections caused by the injury of the devices used to perform the operation or the balloon to the wall and lining of the stomach, and may occur gastric ulcers as a result of excess secretions of the stomach and accumulation and others.
Before you decide to do this, you should go to the specialist to inquire more and get advice and help you decide the appropriate procedure for weight loss.