What are the symptoms of abdominal effusion in women

It is said that women are made of water. In fact, most of the body of both men and women is made up of water, and most of the water is body fluids. Body fluids also play an important role in human health, but if the amount of body fluids exceeds the normal level, it will cause disease. This disease mainly occurs in women, especially pregnant women. During pregnancy, the immunity is reduced, which gives various diseases an opportunity to take advantage. So what is ascites? What are the symptoms of ascites in women? Let’s take a look.

Under normal conditions of ascites, there is a small amount of fluid in the human abdominal cavity (generally less than 200 ml), which lubricates intestinal peristalsis. Any pathological condition that causes an increase in the amount of fluid in the abdominal cavity and exceeds 200 ml is called ascites. Ascites is only a symptom. There are many causes of ascites, the more common ones include cardiovascular disease, liver disease, peritoneal disease, kidney disease, nutritional disorders, abdominal metastasis of malignant tumors, ovarian tumors, connective tissue diseases, etc.

The specific symptoms are as follows

1. Physical examination of peritoneal effusion caused by heart disease may reveal signs such as cyanosis, peripheral edema, distended neck veins, enlarged heart, precordial tremor, hepatosplenomegaly, arrhythmia, and heart valve murmur.

2. Liver disease often presents with dull or sallow complexion, yellow skin and sclera, spider nevi on the face, neck or chest, or palms of the liver, varicose veins of the abdominal wall, hepatosplenomegaly and other signs.

3. Ascites caused by kidney disease may present with signs such as pale complexion and peripheral edema. Flushed face, fever, abdominal tenderness, and a feeling of flexibility of the abdominal wall may suggest tuberculous peritonitis.

4. Patients with weight loss, cachexia, swollen lymph nodes or abdominal masses are mostly suffering from malignant tumors. It is often accompanied by fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension and severe abdominal pain. Bloody ascites generally presents as symptoms of acute blood loss, with the patient appearing pale, with cold and clammy skin, with rapid breathing, irritability, with a weak pulse, with low blood pressure, and even going into shock.

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