ascites due to liver cirrhosis is an important sign of decompensated stage of liver cirrhosis, which is also one of the diseases caused by the late stage of liver cirrhosis. When ascites occurs in patients with liver cirrhosis, it means that patients with liver cirrhosis have reached a very serious period, which not only brings great pain to patients themselves, but also greatly increases the difficulty of treatment of liver cirrhosis. Therefore, many patients in this period will be worried that the disease will be transmitted to their families or friends.
Ascites due to liver cirrhosis is mainly caused by liver dysfunction, which is a functional disease, so it is not contagious. However, we can't ignore it because some primary diseases that cause ascites due to cirrhosis are contagious.
From the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis, there are many causes of liver cirrhosis and ascites, including viral hepatitis (especially hepatitis B and hepatitis C), schistosomiasis infection, chronic alcoholism, metabolic and genetic diseases, liver blood stasis, cholestasis, circulatory disorder, intestinal infection, malnutrition, drugs or chemical poisons, etc.
Severe hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis's disease, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer may all cause hepatic ascites. Chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C are one of the main causes of liver cirrhosis, and they are contagious. If they cause liver cirrhosis, if they are not treated in time, liver ascites may occur when the liver function is decompensated. Most patients with liver cirrhosis in China are posthepatitic cirrhosis, which is caused by chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C. Cases of posthepatitic cirrhosis are generally contagious, so we should be alert to hepatitis ascites and ascites caused by posthepatitic cirrhosis.
The contact of ascites due to cirrhosis in daily life is not contagious, so there is absolutely no need for us to worry too much. Because of diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C, ordinary contact in general life will not be infected, so you don't have to avoid it deliberately, so as not to affect the feelings between patients and their families.