Is blood in the stool serious in cirrhotic ascites?

The presence of ascites and blood in the stool in cirrhosis is very serious, indicating that it has reached the end-stage liver disease, that is, the stage of decompensated cirrhosis, and very serious complications such as ascites in cirrhosis complicated by gastrointestinal bleeding. The presence of ascites in cirrhosis also requires further clarification as to whether it is spontaneous peritonitis or cancerous ascites. Gastrointestinal bleeding requires gastroscopy to further define the cause of the bleeding, which can be either a peptic ulcer or a ruptured esophagogastric fundic varices. Ruptured esophagogastric fundic variceal bleeding is very dangerous, with a high mortality rate and a very large amount of bleeding. In case of blood in the stool of cirrhosis ascites, it is necessary to actively give temporary fasting, acid suppression, lowering portal pressure, diuresis, intermittent albumin infusion and other active treatments, and pay attention to the changes of the condition.