Assessment for Abdominal Ascites

This video demonstrates two techniques for assessing for abdominal ascites - shifting dullness and fluid thrill.

[tabascocat]

Does it go flat when you lay down? I have a fat guts that goes away when I lay down. And if I turn left/right whatever it is, all shifts to that side. Surely fat is more fixed? Isn't it?

[drpoojabamal]

In Ayurveda, ascites can be correlated with jalodara a type of udararoga (Disease of the abdomen). There is the aggravation of vata dosha in ascites which gets accumulated in udar (abdomen) between twaka (skin) and mamsa (muscles) which leads to abdominal swelling.

[nashadbeeran]

Short definition of Ascites in English 👆

[adjeiboateng]

For fucks sake, you didn't do anything

[davidh]

Slim belly, and he sounded pretty hollow to me. Pretty bad teaching example.