Causes of ascites can be the following:
1. Cirrhosis - 81% (alcoholic in 65%, viral in 10%, cryptogenic in 6%);
2. Heart failure - 3%;
3. Budd-Chiari syndrome or veno-occlusive disease;
4. Constrictive pericarditis;
5. Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition);
6. Peritoneal or liver cancer (primary and metastasis) - 10%;
7. Peritoneal tuberculosis - 2%
8. Pancreatitis - 1%
9. Peritoneal serositis
10. Nephrotic syndrome (a type of kidney disorder);
11. Hereditary angioedema.
Have you ever been checked for any of these disorders?