- For obese people who want to lower their risk of acquiring additional major conditions such as diabetes, ischemic heart disease, paralysis, and colon cancer, a gastric balloon is an alternative.
- Endoscopy is used to introduce the gastric balloon, which is then filled with 400–500 cc of the methylene blue liquid.
- You can feel sick to your stomach, throw up, or belch during the first week following the implantation.
- For a year, the balloon can stay within the stomach. But if you are happy with your weight loss, you can get it removed before the year is out.
- You will eat less since the balloon makes you feel full.
- You may often lose up to 24 kg with a gastric balloon in a year.
- Pregnant women, those with esophageal and gastric abnormalities, and people with serious diseases including ischemic heart disease shouldn’t get a gastric balloon.
- Within a year of being implanted, a gastric balloon’s size can be changed.
- More successful than diet pills, it is a non-invasive, non-surgical weight loss method. Your doctor performs an endoscopy while you are under local anesthesia to view the interior of your stomach using a flexible tube and a camera.
