Very concerned - ascites?

[kehen]

Hello all.  Let me start by saying I know no one can diagnose me, and that I know I need to wait for testing/results, but in the meantime I have a few questions that I can't seem to find answers for in all my searching, so I apologize for what are probably (to you all) redundant/hysterical questions ;)  I have an U/S scheduled for tomorrow.  I am 99.5% sure that I have ascites - when I try to research it, I get a lot about liver/heart disease, and ovarian cancer.  Are there other causes for it?  I know that I don't have liver/heart disease, so that only leaves one option as far as I can see, especially combined w/my other symptoms.  I look like I am 3-4 months pregnant (I'm a pretty slim person so it's quite obvious.)  Low back/abdominal/ovary/hip pain and tenderness - shooting pains in left ovary region and left "love handle" area, along with a sunburn sensation on the skin in that area; gassy, pressure, increased pain w/standing, all seems to get worse as each day goes on. I guess I'm what you'd call perimenopausal (early - started at 38) & get about 3-4 "periods" per year, mostly just old blood, brown, etc.  I have no digestive, bowel, or urinary symptoms (other than a bit of pressure and occasional minor urgency) that I hear others talk about. Sometimes a bit of upward pressure in the diaphragm area, particularly if I'm sitting, as I'm so puffed up.  Ascites seems like a key to me since I can find no mention of it that is not related to cancer (absent liver issues.)  I KNOW that something is wrong; I just don't know what.  Would benign ovarian cysts cause ascites?  Thanks for listening - I'm pretty stressed out.

[HVAC]

Benign cysts I do not think cause ascites . It takes a ct scan to see ascites. You can bloat with out ascites with large benign tumors. You do not necessarily have bloating with ascites. Most ovarian cysts or tumors  or benign. Less than 2% of the female population gets ovarian cancer.

Diaphragm pain with ovarian cancer is obvious. It is caused by cancer in the diaphragm. It is so intense it is unmistakable. It would take two hours and 6 dissolve under your tongue ativan to go away. You can't breath or move or talk. You sweat profusely. You think you are going to die. I threw up and lost a lot of weight. All I could keep down were avocados. I went to the ER because I threw up constantly for two days with nothing in my system.

You could also have endometriosis which has grabbed onto your ovary. It is not cancer. It can cause bloating as well.

Alex