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Muscle aches and some shooting pain in left hip down to calf , cirrhosis wit ascites present what could be causing this ?

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Dr. Bachar Al-Alami answered

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It is the most commo: Patients with cirrhosis and ascites usually have a marked reduction in systemic vascular resistance (svr) and in mean arterial pressure (MAP) plus an increase in cardiac output. The development of portal hypertension (pht) is the first step toward fluid retention in the setting of cirrhosis. Patients with cirrhosis but without pht do not develop ascites or edema. The development of ascites is the.

Answered 11/10/2015

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The cause could: Be sciatica related to your lumbar spine, not your cirrhosis- see your pcp.

Answered 12/28/2013

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