According to investigations, adults who have obesity or overweight and suffer from arterial hypertension, cholesterol and high sugar, can improve just losing 3% of their total weight, if the patient does not have much progress with exercise and healthy eating, the doctor can Recommend another medium, so the United States Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) has already approved some devices.
Loss losing devices regulated by the FDA
Gastric bands
It is a surgical process, where gastric bands are placed around the stomach, this limits the amount of food that a person can ingest and increase the digestion time.
Gastric balls
It is a temporary device that fills the stomach space, a maximum of three can be placed and placed by means of an ingestible capsule or by means of an endoscope, these may be filled with gas or salt water and remove when specified by their label.
Endoscopic suture devices
Through this process, sutures are performed in the stomach, in order to reduce its size, to limit the amount of food ingested by a person.
The risks that these devices may have vary, but some of the most common are: nausea, vomiting, infections, etc. Even if you have serious symptoms you may need hospitalization, as it can cause death.
Always go with a specialist doctor before requesting or deciding for a device and remembers that these should be accompanied by exercise and good diet.
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