What’s wrong with brown discharge during pregnancy?



Brown discharge during pregnancy has more reasons, some are physiological phenomena, some are related to pathological factors, such as cervical polyps, preeclampsia, ectopic pregnancy, etc., should be analyzed according to their own situation, and if necessary, through the examination to determine.

1. Physiological phenomenon, after the fertilization of the egg, stimulate the endometrium a small amount of shedding, can cause brown discharge, this is mostly seen in menopause for about a month, no abdominal pain and other accompanying symptoms.

2. Pathological factors

(1) cervical polyps, the disease is related to chronic cervicitis, polyps are composed of glands and mesenchymal stroma, containing rich capillaries, capillary rupture can appear after the performance of brown discharge.

(2) Pre-eclampsia, embryonic chromosomal abnormalities, maternal luteal insufficiency, etc. can cause pre-eclampsia, due to the gestational sac and uterine wall peeling, downward movement, etc., can cause bleeding, bleeding can be manifested as brown discharge. Most women have abdominal pain before the appearance of brown discharge.

(3) Ectopic pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy mostly occurs in the fallopian tube, due to the growth and development of the fertilized egg, to the fallopian tube muscle layer and plasma membrane layer clear invasion, resulting in fallopian tube rupture, so a small amount of vaginal bleeding; such as the death of the fertilized egg in the fallopian tube, the death of the embryo can also appear a small amount of vaginal bleeding.

However, there are other manifestations of ectopic pregnancy, such as abdominal pain, pallor, fatigue, decreased blood pressure and so on.

The appearance of brown discharge should be promptly checked ultrasound, blood HCG, etc., combined with the examination to determine the cause, physiological phenomena can be observed, pathological factors should be treated for the cause.