Dear Barbara, Your husband's doctors are correct that the most common causes of this type of fluid buildup are heart failure and liver failure. I suspect that the heart is to blame. Generally the treatment for this is medical with needle drainage only as needed. Hope this helps. I hope you find this information useful.
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