Cold wash cloths on itchy areas and daily moisturizers. Lotion.

Thank you. I'll try that.

My Dr told me to take a Benadry. It seems to help.

Thank you Tamidgray.

Benedryl make a tube of cream instant itch relief for smaller areas!

I am new here and have had Ascites for a year now I read the prognoses was 20 to 56 weeks does anyone know my doctors are no help?
Thanks so much

I've never been given a time frame. Probably depends on severity, MELD score, diet...
I see a transplant team. They specialize in liver disease. When I started with them, my MELD score was 14. Looking at possible liver transplant. I've been seeing them since November and my MELD is now 8 and no longer in need of transplant.
I still have ascitis. I require paracentesis once a month at this point but before I needed one every 2weeks so things are getting better. I hope to pull out of this myself with diet and no alcohol intake.

I get Paritenial drain bags i ordered to drain daily from stomach tube daily- at home you can only drain 1 bag a day and do not need blood product and electrolites afterward. Does anyone else do this? And what is a MELD score?
As I said my doctors are not that much help.
Thank you

MELD means the model for end stage liver disease...it's something that they use it to assess severity.
I'm sorry your Dr's have not been very helpful.
I do not use the bag but I know other people have.
Do you see a liver specialist? If not, I would recommend finding one if that is an option. Has anyone ever discussed a liver transplant for you?
Have they tried diuretics for you?
I don't know a lot but I do a lot of research on this disease and bring tons of questions to my Dr at every appointment.

nicnack - my dad was diagnosed in February 2017 and was told he had max 3 months to live - they drained 29L of fluid and he nearly lost his kidneys. He was referred to a liver specialist and they did the TIPS procedure (liver transplants are very rare in their country). The hope was that the ascites build up will reduce which will give his liver a chance to start repairing.. This unfortunately has not happened and he has had paracentesis every few weeks draining +-6-9L. Not sure his MELD score but Child PUG score is 3 :( He has lost 50kg in a year and is very weak.. He is at the end now - been fighting hard for the past 17 months. We were hopeful that he would recover to some degree but this has not happened :(

Dear worried daughter,
I am so sorry that you and your family are going through this.
It seems like maybe the TIPS procedure did work by lowering the amount of fluid being drained, hopefully it will also help increasing the time period between drains. I did not have the TIPS procedure. I went from needing a para every 2 weeks to now once a month. The hope is it will get better. I follow a strict low sodium diet. I only take in 700 mg of sodium a day. My sodium intake is mostly from the protein that I eat. And I do not drink alcohol.
Don't give up hope. Stay strong. Good luck.