Treatment and Medications for Ascites

Ascites is painful and drains you of energy. Naturally, a person with ascites wants to minimize how much ascites affects them. In this video, I discuss how to get ascites under control. I explain a procedure called paracentesis, that drains ascites to provide relief and further evaluate the fluid. I then discuss how to prevent ascites reaccumulation. To effectively keep ascites away often requires both dietary changes and medications. When these therapies do not work, I discuss next steps to control ascites. These include liver transplant and a TIPS procedure which can essentially cure ascites.

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