Ascites may go unnoticed for quite some time until the patient notices a slight increase in waistline.
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.
An ascites is an accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
Chylous ascites has a milky appearance
Chylous ascites has a milky appearance
Carcinomatous ascites has a very bad prognosis
Ascites is a common complication of severe cirrhosis of the liver
whaT ARE THE EARLY SIGNS.
whaT ARE THE EARLY SIGNS.
An MRI scan is an effective way to see where ascites is coming from.
Cancer causes 10% of all instances of ascites in the United States
This early there are no symptoms.