THE INVENTION INCLUDES AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1) IN WHICH AN UNDERGARMENT (90) CAN BE PREVENTED FROM GETTING DIRTY WITH FLUID THAT HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY AN ABSORBENT BODY (20), WITHOUT A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF FLUID THAT CAN BE ABSORBED. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE THAT IS WORN ON A HUMAN BODY AND USED INCLUDES AN ABSORBENT BODY HAVING A FLUID-ABSORBENT MEMBER (22) FOR ABSORBING FLUID, AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, A WIDTH DIRECTION, AND A THICKNESS DIRECTION, AND A MAIN BODY SECTION (10) WHOSE FACE ON THE SIDE OF THE HUMAN BODY IS OVERLAPPED WITH THE ABSORBENT BODY IN THE THICKNESS DIRECTION, ONE END SECTION (20A) IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE ABSORBENT BODY BEING FIXED TO THE MAIN BODY SECTION, THE ABSORBENT BODY HAVING A PORTION THAT IS CLOSER TO THE MAIN BODY SECTION THAN THE FLUID-ABSORBENT MEMBER IN THE THICKNESS DIRECTION AND A PORTION THAT IS CLOSER TO THE HUMAN BODY THAN THE FLUID-ABSORBENT MEMBER, WHEREIN THE PORTION CLOSER TO THE MAIN BODY SECTION, IN ANOTHER END SECTION (20B) IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE ABSORBENT BODY, IS COVERED WITH A FLUID-IMPERMEABLE LAYER (50), AND THE PORTION CLOSER TO THE HUMAN BODY, IN THE OTHER END SECTION, HAS A PORTION IN WHICH THE FLUID-IMPERMEABLE LAYER IS NOT INCLUDED.
