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Can the gastric balloons help in losing 10% of body weight?
Especially in the first three to four months of using the gastric balloon, you probably lose weight fast. The average person loses between 10 and 15 percent of their body weight at the end of the six-month program. Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about how gastric baloons can be helpful in loosing 10% body weight.
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Can the gastric balloon help with losing 10% in body weight? The gastric balloon is a device which takes up space in your stomach. Traditionally, the balloon had to be given as a hospital treatment where you have to stay in the hospital and have an endoscopy under sedation or anesthesia and the balloon was placed in the stomach. But now the newer type of balloon can be swallowed as a pill, it takes about 20 minutes and you end up with a grapefruit sized object in your stomach which takes up space and this clearly has a physical effect on your stomach and the ability to eat food as you get full very quickly and also have reduced hunger levels. Balloons have been shown in various clinical trials to lead up to 10-15% of body weight while they remain in your stomach. All balloons have to be removed at some stage, whether this is 4 months, 6 months or 12 months. And there's obviously a chance if the behavioral change doesn't last, that once the balloon leaves your body, you may begin to put some of the weight back on.
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