Obese people can be seen everywhere on the street, especially people to middle age, the body begins to be blessed, but there is a disease and the belly is particularly similar, that is, liver ascites, may be many small partners do not know what is hepatic ascites, because the symptoms of liver ascites and the big belly is particularly similar, so from the appearance is not visible, what is the liver ascites, and how to distinguish between the belly and the liver ascites?
What is hepatic ascites
Hepatic ascites, also known as cirrhosis of the liver ascites, when the patient's liver disease develops into a serious, there is fluid retention in the abdominal cavity, and most patients with hepatic ascites have cirrhosis.
Symptoms of hepatic ascites
1. Abdominal pain
Patients with liver ascites will have abdominal pain, patients will often ignore the problem of their own abdominal pain, will feel that the problem is their own stomach, if there is abdominal pain, must seek medical treatment in time.
2. Bloating
If the amount of water in the liver ascites increases, exceeding the capacity of the peritoneal cavity, a bulge will appear in the peritoneal cavity, called abdominal bulging, which looks like a leather ball.
3. Abnormal puffiness of lower limbs
Hepatic ascites may also have edema of both lower extremities, with concave edema being the most common. After the kidneys are pressed by hepatic ascites, patients with hepatic ascites will also reduce the amount of urine, which further aggravates the symptoms of edema and even cannot move normally.
Manifestations of obesity
1. The symptoms of obese patients are short and fat, round face, double chin, thick neck, enlarged double breasts, anterior bulge of the abdomen, and obvious white or purple streaks on the inside of the arms and inner thighs of obese patients for a short time.
2. Most patients with severe obesity have heat intolerance, poor mobility, snoring when sleeping, and even shortness of breath during exercise. Can suffer from gout, high blood pressure, diabetes and so on at the same time.
So how to distinguish between obesity and hepatic ascites
The symptoms of obesity and hepatic ascites are both abdominal protrusions, which are difficult for the average person to distinguish. But a closer look makes a difference.
1, obese people generally have a better appetite, not only the stomach is particularly large, there will be fat accumulation in other places to cause obesity. It is generally caused by the lack of physical exercise, excessive intake of fat, and poor eating habits.
2. Patients with hepatic ascites are afraid of cold, abdominal pain, fever, walking difficulties, endocrine dysfunction and other symptoms in the early stage, and may have hepatic encephalopathy, peritonitis, respiratory weakening or disappearance.
3. Hepatic ascites may appear at the same time as other diseases such as gastrointestinal bleeding, usually manifested as anemia, confusion, mental fatigue and other related clinical symptoms.
Although patients with hepatic ascites and obesity are almost the same in appearance, the specific symptoms are still obviously different, if you feel abdominal discomfort, you must seek medical treatment in time to avoid delaying the condition and missing the best treatment time.
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