How does liver cirrhosis avoid hydrothorax

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My father suffered from liver cirrhosis because he smoked and drank all the year round. Recently, he went to the hospital to have a check-up, and he was recovering slowly under the guidance of the doctor. But I'm also worried about this. Today, I'd like to introduce how to avoid pleural effusion for liver cirrhosis.

How does liver cirrhosis avoid hydrothorax

First: cirrhosis pleural effusion is one of the common complications in patients with cirrhosis. Although it is relatively less than cirrhosis ascites, but once it appears, it is more dangerous than ascites patients. The so-called cirrhotic pleural effusion refers to the pleural effusion in patients with advanced cirrhosis, the vast majority and ascites exist at the same time, a few patients only have pleural effusion and no ascites.

Second, the goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms, prevent complications and wait for liver transplantation. In addition to the treatment of the original disease (including bed rest, liver protection, nutritional support, albumin, plasma and amino acids). The salt limit was 2 g per day. Diuretic application is the primary treatment, diuretic use of spironolactone and furosemide combined use, the former 40 mg per day, the latter 100 mg per day.

Third: thoracentesis: is an effective treatment. It can relieve dyspnea immediately, but it is not a long-term treatment. It can not reduce the formation of ascites, and the first large amount of fluid pumping can cause unilateral pulmonary edema and hypotension. Repeated fluid pumping can cause a large amount of fluid and protein loss, increase the amount of pleural effusion, cause a vicious cycle, and is not conducive to the closure of the transverse septal hiatus. The initial treatment does not advocate the method of continuous thoracic drainage, because other complications such as pneumothorax, bleeding and infection may occur.

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The above also introduces in detail how to avoid the occurrence of pleural effusion in patients with liver cirrhosis. I believe everyone has their own understanding after reading it. Ascites due to liver cirrhosis is a common phenomenon, but we can avoid it as long as we take good prevention.