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What are the symptoms of ascites?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 4/22/2022

Ascites may go unnoticed for quite some time until the patient notices a slight increase in waistline.

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What are the early symptoms of ascites?

Ascites may go unnoticed for quite some time until the patient notices a slight increase in waistline.


What is ascites of abdomen?

Ascites of the abdomen is basically when fluid accumulates in your tummy. Symptoms include pain or discomfort in you tummy, shortness of breath and vomiting. In severe cases ascites could be as a result of a liver condition. Also, if you have ascites you should reduce your salt intake (even though you will crave it with your ascites) because it can damage your kidneys. Hope this helped.


What is an ascites?

An ascites is an accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.


What does ascites look like?

Chylous ascites has a milky appearance


Does Carcinomatous ascites heal?

Carcinomatous ascites has a very bad prognosis


What does Chylous ascites look like?

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Is Ascites a sign of liver problems?

Ascites is a common complication of severe cirrhosis of the liver


What test to find out where ascites are coming from?

An MRI scan is an effective way to see where ascites is coming from.


Does cancer cause ascites?

Cancer causes 10% of all instances of ascites in the United States


Why don't anorexia patients have ascites?

Anorexics are just as likely to get ascites as any normal person would.


How long can someone live with ascites?

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Why does ascites return after paracentesis?

Because the reason you got ascites in the first place (liver failure) still exists.