A woman with brown discharge is usually referred to as a brown vaginal discharge, which may firstly be normal menstrual blood or ovulatory bleeding. Secondly, it may also be caused by cervical polyps, chronic cervicitis, cervical and endometrial lesions and other diseases.
1. Menstrual blood or ovulation bleeding: menstrual blood is a woman’s uterine endometrium with the ovary cyclic changes in cyclic shedding of blood, the color is generally dark red, when the menstrual bleeding is less, such as menstruation has just begun to come and the end of the period, the menstrual blood at this time may show a brown or pink discharge. In the middle of menstruation, ovulation bleeding may appear as brown discharge, which does not require special treatment.
2. Cervical polyps: Cervical polyps are redundant organisms protruding from the cervix caused by limited hyperplasia of the glands and mesenchyme of the cervical canal. Its etiology is not clear, mainly related to chronic inflammation, cervical infection, patients mainly manifested as menstrual disorders, leukorrhea and other symptoms. Some of the cervical polyps secondary infection secretion may appear brown.
3. Chronic cervicitis: chronic cervicitis is a chronic inflammation caused by pathogens in the cervical area, patients mainly manifested as abnormal leukorrhea, abnormal vaginal bleeding and other symptoms, some patients with brown leukorrhea.
4. Cervical and endometrial lesions: when the cervix or endometrium appear pre-cancerous or cancerous, there may also be brown discharge, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to rule out abnormalities, and actively standardize the treatment if necessary.
There may be other reasons for brown vaginal discharge, so it is recommended to consult a doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the doctor’s guidance.