THE PRESENT INVENTION AIMS TO PROVIDE AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH A BARRIER SHEET PREVENTING BODY WASTE FROM COMING IN CONTACT WITH A WEARER’S SKIN AND THEREBY TO ALLEVIATE SKIN TROUBLE SUCH AS ECZEMA THE WEARER MIGHT SUFFER FROM. THE ARTICLE INCLUDES AN ABSORBENT CHASSIS (2), A BARRIER SHEET (3) AND A LEAK-BARRIER CUFFS (4). AN ABSORBENT PANEL (23) IS DISPOSED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CHASSIS, THE BARRIER SHEET IS DISPOSED ABOVE THE ABSORBENT PANEL AND THE LEAK-BARRIER CUFFS ARE DISPOSED ALONG A LATERAL SIDE OF THE BARRIER SHEET. THE BARRIER SHEET HAS LATERAL ZONES (30, 31), A MIDDLE ZONE (32) CONNECTING THE LATERAL ZONES, AND FRONT AND REAR THROUGH-HOLES (33, 34) DEFINED BY THE LATERAL ZONES AND THE MIDDLE ZONE. BARRIER SHEET ELASTIC MEMBERS (39) ARE PROVIDED ALONG THE LATERAL ZONES. FOLDS (40) ARE FORMED SO AS TO CROSS THE MIDDLE ZONE IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION.
