In the early stages of ascites, the patient has only slight abdominal distension, which can be easily mistaken for poor digestion. Will it be contagious to people living with him, this is a question of concern to many people. In fact, there is no transmission route for hepatic ascites, it is mainly caused by liver decompensation and is a functional disease, so hepatic ascites is generally not contagious. What is ascites? In fact, ascites is caused by portal vein blockage of hepatic lymph, hepatic vein, peritoneal vein, excessive pressure, decrease of plasma protein and decrease of vascular osmotic pressure, so that part of plasma leaks into the abdominal cavity and becomes ascites. Ascites is a phenomenon that occurs at a certain stage of the development of cirrhosis, and the appearance of ascites also indicates that cirrhosis has entered the middle and late stages, the condition is more serious, and must be treated in a timely manner, if the treatment is delayed, it can lead to the death of the patient. Is liver ascites contagious? This question, in fact, we do not need to be too alarmed. Because diseases like hepatitis B and C are not contagious from ordinary contact in general life, there is no need to deliberately avoid hepatic ascites itself is not contagious, but mainly depends on the cause of hepatic ascites. Factors that cause portal vein blockage commonly cause cirrhosis due to viral hepatitis B, schistosomal cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, alcoholic, and dystrophic cirrhosis, of which hepatitis, schistosomal, and hepatocellular carcinoma will have a certain degree of contagiousness, so cases of cirrhosis after hepatitis are generally contagious, but as long as we take precautions, we generally will not be infected. Liver ascites is not contagious, does not mean that liver ascites is not contagious, the most critical thing is to understand the causes of liver ascites, in fact, heavy hepatitis, alcoholic liver, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, etc. may cause liver ascites. Chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C is one of the main causes of cirrhosis, is a certain degree of contagious, both caused by cirrhosis, if not treated in a timely manner, to the development of liver function loss period can appear more liver ascites. Most of our cirrhosis patients are post-hepatitis cirrhosis, caused by chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C. Post-hepatitis cirrhosis cases are generally infectious, so we should be alert to hepatitis liver ascites and liver ascites caused by post-hepatitis cirrhosis. If you need to contact or take care of patients with hepatic ascites, you should first ask about the causative factors causing hepatic ascites and understand whether hepatic ascites is contagious, so that you can take certain preventive measures to avoid infection with hepatitis and other diseases.