Women often complain that brown discharge is allocated before and after menstruation. Such a signal indicates that in the reproductive system, vaginal discharge is the norm, if they do not have an odor, do not hurt the lower abdomen, there is no burning of the skin and itching. Otherwise, you need to visit a gynecologist.
Brown selection
Any woman knows that the usual menstruation lasts no more than 7 days. It is necessary to know that in the first three days after the end of menstruation, brown discharge from the vagina is considered the norm. All this is due to the fact that in the last days of menstruation the blood is secreted slowly, has time to curdle and acquires a dark brown hue. But if these discharges continue for a fairly long time, this can be a cause for concern. What can be said about the presence of such diseases as endometriosis or endometritis.
Endometritis is an inflammation of the uterine mucosa. The cause of this disease can be the presence in the body of staphylococci, pneumococci, streptococci, which enter the uterus as a result of complications of labor, termination of pregnancy and so on. For acute endometritis, the following symptoms are typical:
- Weakness of the body,
- Temperature increase,
- For a long time, the lower abdomen hurts,
- Prolonged brown discharge before menstruation and after menstruation.
If the disease is chronic, the body temperature does not increase. This disease is dangerous because it occurs without symptoms. The woman does not address the gynecologist until she has complications in the form of profuse and prolonged menstruation, which are the result of the rejection of the mucous membrane of the uterus. A fairly serious consequence of this disease can be infertility.
Endometriosis is a gynecological disease when the cells of the endometrioid tissue grow or a benign tumor appears. As a rule, this disease affects women from 25 years to 40 years of age, of reproductive age.
The main symptoms of the disease
- From the vagina appear brown discharge.
- Pain in the lower abdomen.
- Abundant, prolonged menstruation, which lasts more than 10 days.
Most of the neglected cases of this disease result in infertility. Diagnosis of endometriosis can be performed by a gynecologist. To establish the diagnosis, you should perform ultrasound of the pelvic organs and laparoscopy (examination of the wall of the abdominal organs through a special puncture). To confirm the diagnosis, a test for the onco-marker, a special blood test, is prescribed. In time, the surgical or hormonal treatment started is the guarantee of the woman's health, as well as conceiving and bearing a healthy child.
The cause of brown precipitation can be a dangerous disease - endometrial hyperplasia (proliferation of the inner wall of the uterus), which can become a development of a malignant tumor of the uterus. In a healthy woman, vaginal discharge does not have a special smell. But as a result of contact with the air and the reproduction of bacteria there is a smell. At the first suspicions on venereal diseases it is necessary to hand over a smear and address to the expert - the venereologist or the gynecologist.
The cause of the appearance of brown discharge is ectopic pregnancy, it is dangerous for a woman's life, characterized by the development of the fetus outside the uterus (abdominal cavity, ovaries, fallopian tubes). The only way to treat this disease is surgical removal of the fetus. If the diagnosis is made early in pregnancy, this will allow for a sparing treatment without surgical instruments.
The appearance in women of brown discharge after menstruation, even if women use contraceptives, may be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy. After such a symptom, you need to buy a test to determine your pregnancy. The doctor will prescribe the treatment.