Other names: ascites

Water in the abdomen, that is located freely in the abdominal cavity outside the digestive system is called ascites.

The abdominal cavity is able to accommodate the advanced stages of the diseases listed below huge amounts of liquid. Available resources include rare cases in which was found a volume exceeding 40 liters.

Sign of the presence of water in the belly is bulging stomach watching gravity, supine abdominal landscape is stretched to the sides, standing is remarkable filled underbelly. With increasing fluid, umbilical scar smoothing, can develop stretch marks, or striae. If the cause of ascites liver disease,then later on the stomach very noticeable subcutaneous venous system. Ascites will surely precede other symptoms for which the patient finds the doctor.

The cause of the presence of water in the stomach is an imbalance of physical forces in the blood vessels of the abdominal organs, while the preponderance of forces enabling filtration of water from the blood to the abdominal cavity. This is particularly the case in portal hypertension, which occurs in cirrhosis of the liver, or a result of advanced congestion in the venous system because of poor pumping ability of the heart. Less common cause of ascites tuberculosis or localized tumors on the lining of the abdominal wall.

The whole organism to the presence of water in the abdomen reacts blasts hormones in the body retain water and sodium ions, which together create a vicious circle, because of which the amount of abdominal fluid is constantly growing. This is also the reason why you can not stomach the water simply drained. When the suspected presence of water in the abdomen to turn to a doctor who is familiar with our underlying disease.