Intragastric Balloon Insertion
An intragastric balloon placement technique helps you lose weight by inserting a silicone balloon filled with saline into your stomach. By limiting how much you can eat and hastening the feeling of fullness, this helps in weight loss.
Description
What is Intragastric Balloon Insertion?
An intragastric balloon placement technique helps you lose weight by inserting a silicone balloon filled with saline into your stomach. By limiting how much you can eat and hastening the feeling of fullness, this helps in weight loss.
If you’re worried about your weight, diet and exercise haven’t helped, you might want to consider the intragastric balloon treatment.
A dedication to a healthy lifestyle is necessary for intragastric balloon use, much like for other weight-loss operations. To help ensure the long-term effectiveness of the treatment, you need to make long-lasting healthy modifications to your diet and engage in regular exercise.
Why it’s done?
The placement of an intragastric balloon helps you lose weight. Weight loss can lower your risk of potentially serious weight-related health problems, such as:
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Heart disease or stroke
- High blood pressure
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Type 2 diabetes
Intragastric balloon placement and other weight-loss procedures or surgeries are typically done only after you’ve tried to lose weight by improving your diet and exercise habits.
Benefits of Instragastric balloon
- No surgery or hospitalisation required
- Sits in your stomach making you feel full much faster
- Significant weight loss (15-20% of body weight)
- Can be removed at anytime
Who it’s for?
An intragastric balloon may be an option for you if:
- Your body mass index (BMI) is between 30 and 40
- You’re willing to commit to healthy lifestyle changes, get regular medical follow-up and participate in behavioral therapy
- You have not had any previous stomach or esophageal surgery
Intragastric balloons aren’t the right choice for everyone who is overweight. A screening process will help your doctor see if the procedure might be beneficial for you.
At this time, the cost for placing and removing the intragastric balloon may not be covered by health insurance, and would therefore be an out-of-pocket expense.
