How to do ascites after abdominal operation

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I always feel that my abdomen is swollen after abdominal surgery recently. At the beginning, I thought it was normal after surgery. But later, I found that this situation was more and more serious, so I quickly asked my attending doctor to check for me. Today, I'm going to talk about ascites after abdominal surgery.

How to do ascites after abdominal operation

First: there are many cases of ascites, tumor is one of the causes, specific need further examination. Constipation in stool. On the one hand, there may be intestinal obstruction. On the other hand, there may be a lot of hard food, which makes stool dry and easy to constipate. On the other hand, there may be weakened intestinal motility. It is suggested that you check the tuberculous antibody in ascites to see if it is ascites with tuberculous peritonitis. In addition, check the tumor markers in serum, which can be used before imaging Find out if the tumor exists.

Second, excess free fluid accumulated in the abdominal cavity is called ascites. Ascites can be a part of systemic edema. Under normal circumstances, there can be a small amount of fluid in the abdominal cavity, but it usually does not exceed 200 ml. The main causes of ascites are: cardiovascular disease, liver disease, kidney disease, malnutrition and so on. After the formation of a large number of ascites, proteinuria can be produced, resulting in the decrease of urine volume. Ascites patients can also appear abdominal respiratory movement weakened or disappeared.

Third: whole body support treatment to high protein, high calorie diet. Parenteral total parenteral nutrition and albumin infusion can support for a period of time. Diuretic therapy can relieve the symptoms of abdominal distension. However, excessive diuresis can lead to dehydration, hypotension and electrolyte disorder, which need to be adjusted. Intraperitoneal chemotherapy according to the choice of different primary cancer chemotherapy drugs, commonly used drugs are mitomycin, adriamycin, CIS lead, etc.

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There are many patients like me after abdominal surgery, think abdominal swelling is a normal phenomenon. In fact, this is ascites. Once ascites occurs, it needs to be treated immediately, because the consequences of ascites are very serious, which may lead to shock and even respiratory failure.