Abdominal distension in patients with liver cirrhosis is how matter?

Clinical abdominal distension is more common in patients with liver cirrhosis one of the symptoms. Patients more than eating dinner and in particular afternoon after abdominal distention, abdominal distension have reasons: liver cirrhosis, biliary secretion disorders, the function of pancreatic secretion of digestive fluid also affected, bile and pancreatic juice contains digestive enzymes content, will directly affect the food, especially the fat and protein digestion and absorption. Decompensated cirrhosis and portal vein pressure due to the increased gastrointestinal blood stasis, gastrointestinal and mesenteric edema occurred congestion, decreased digestive function, digestion and absorption of food poor intestinal stranded in the role of the intestinal bacterial fermentation of gas, there will be patients with abdominal distension. In addition, a large number of patients with liver cirrhosis as late ascites, hypokalemia or hepatosplenomegaly, also can cause abdominal distension.