Definition of sleep hygiene in US English - habits and practices that are conducive to sleeping well on a regular basis
A number of conditions can cause fluid in the abdomen, including liver disease, heart disease and cancer. This page is about ascites due to cancer. This is usually a sign that the cancer has spread and is advanced. Cancers that can cause ascites include. 1  Ovarian cancer. 2  Breast cancer. 3  Bowel cancer. 4  Stomach cancer.
Where there is watery (serous) fluid in the chest cavity and/or abdominal cavity and/or diffuse edema, this is due to the accumulation of this fluid in many parts of the body, starting with the chest cavity and progressing to the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissues.This situation is known as diffuse edema.eritoneal effusion only is also rare in the fetus. Here too, most of the fluid in the abdominal cavity is or will be part of a general condition of edema involving the pleurae and possibly becoming more widespread later. Diffuse edema (ana sacra) is an extreme example of this condition.