What Are The Causes Of Brown Vaginal Discharge?
What Are The Causes Of Brown Vaginal Discharge
?Brown vaginal discharge is not necessarily a matter of concern. However, there are also cases when it signalizes a serious medical condition and women need to learn how to differentiate a normal brown discharge that doesn't have potentially dangerous causes from one that results from a disease or an underlying medical condition.
Sometimes during menstrual period the endometrial cells are not expelled entirely. They remain in the uterus to be expelled at a later moment or during the next period and they are actually the cause of brown vaginal discharge. If a woman has irregular periods or late periods every once in a while, when this happens, the endometrial cells might turn from red to brown because they are eliminated with a delay that leaves time for this transformation. If this is the cause of the brown vaginal discharge, then there is no reason to worry. The only symptom that you will be experiencing is the late period, but this is not compulsory to happen. Usually this problem can be solved if you make some healthy changes in your life style. Eat nutritious foods, get enough mineral and vitamins and rest properly. You will more likely normalize your menstrual periods and you will get rid of the brown vaginal discharge.
There are also cases when the brown discharge is a symptom of a more serious medical condition. This requires medical assistance and a doctor can only determine the appropriate treatment. Brown discharge that signalizes other medical condition is usually accompanied by other symptoms. When these are noticed, the woman needs to go to her physician and to find out what's wrong. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia might provoke a brown vaginal discharge, as well as genital warts. The vaginal discharge is also brown in case of vulvovaginitis (an inflammation of the vulva and/or of the vagina) or pelvic inflammatory disease. In case of cervical cancer, women also notice a brown discharge, among other worrying symptoms.
In case one of the conditions mentioned above are "responsible" for brown discharge, there will also be symptoms like loss of appetite, anal discharge, vomiting (Chlamydia), lesions of the mouth, pelvic pain (gonorrhea), painful urination and burning sensation (vulvovaginitis), infertility, pain in the lower abdominal area and loss of appetite (pelvic inflammatory disease) and rash and burning sensation (genital warts). Depending on the symptoms associated with the brown vaginal discharge, the doctor can establish a sure diagnosis. If none of the symptoms are present, there is probably nothing wrong with your health condition and the discharge is normal.