Other treatments
Other treatments of obesity consist of:
- Vagal nerve blockade: this consists of implanting a device in the skin of the abdomen that puts intermittent electrical pulses to your abdominal vagus nerve that informs the brain when the stomach has the feeling of fullness or emptiness.
- Hydrogels: available prescription, these eatable capsules consist of small particles that absorb water and make your stomach enlarge, to aid you to feel full. The capsules are eaten before meals and pass through the intestine as a stool.
- Gastric aspirate: In this method, a tube places through your abdomen into the stomach. A portion of your stomach particles drains out after every meal.