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Patients with ascites

  G SAI TEJASWINI ROLL NO: 61 I have been given this case in an attempt to solve in attempt to understand the patient's clinical data analysis to develop my competency in reading and comprehending including history, clinical findings, examination, investigations, and plan of treatment  The complete details of patient are given in this linkhttps://swathibogari158.blogspot.com/2020/09/chronic-decompensated-liver-disease.html 1st patient: Analysis of the case: 1.What is the reason for this patient's ascites?  A. The  probable reasons would be- As he is chronic alcoholic - may be the reason for cirrhosis of liver leading to liver failure may lead to decrease in albumin  causing ascites.Alcoholism causes vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition( decreased protein) this also may cause ascites.there are small renal calculi which may cause proteinuria  leading to less albumin in serum causing ascites , patient has cholelithiasis (6mm ) it may cause liver damage leading to ascites, cirrhos