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In this video, I'm going to talk about something called ascites. Isidus is a condition where someone's belly is protruded.

It's usually not fat, it's mostly fluid.

The Latin word for ascites is bag-like.

Because it looks like this bag that's hanging from your abdomen.

Now, the appearance is usually protruded like a basketball.

It's usually not sagging too much. It's kind of sticking out.

And if you tap on one side, you'll see kind of a ripple on the other side.

And this is because it's filled with fluid because the liver is leaking certain fluid into a sac around the abdominal organs. The most common cause of

the CITES is cirrhosis. This is a condition where the liver has so much scar tissue. It's overwhelming

the liver function, and now the liver can't do its thing, and so it's leaking

fluid into the gut.

Now there's other causes to cirrhosis as well.

You can have cancer, pancreatitis, heart disease, or even TB.

But most people with this condition have cirrhosis.

Now in past videos, I talk about the guy on the beach with the speedo with

this protruded belly. He's actually skinny everywhere but his belly is

protruding. That kind of gives you a visual of what I'm talking about. Now there's

other associated symptoms that come with this. We have portal hypertension

which you have high blood pressure in the venous part of your body.

Adema in the lower legs.

So let's say you press into your lower leg and it leaves an indentation.

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