All gastric balloons are essentially the same. They comprise a bag that is placed in your stomach either by swallowing or fitting by endoscopic procedure.
They are then filled with a large amount of liquid, normally water. This makes them very heavy and uncomfortable – normal side effects are nausea and vomiting for several days.
Left for long periods, these heavy balloons can lead to damage to stomach lining as they rest on the stomach mucosa.
Some gastric balloons are advertised as swallowable and will dissolve, meaning they don’t need extraction. However, there is no clinical evidence to show that these balloons last more than a few weeks.
In lots of cases, people opting for these balloons are paying only for an expensive diet plan.
With the HelioSphere Bubble, the usual side effects of water filled balloons are minimised because it is only filled with air, so it floats in the stomach unnoticed.
With the Bubble, there is nothing heavy in your stomach that you will feel and that makes you ill.
With the HelioSphere Bubble, you can get on with life while the weight falls off.
