Every woman at least once in his life, but was bothered by the question of what should be normal vaginal discharge. In each specific segment of the menstrual cycle, the discharge is characterized differently.
Brown discharges before menstruation often frighten a woman, as they can be a disturbing sign. The best decision of a woman in this situation will be an appeal to a gynecologist. That he will be able to dispel all doubts about whether there are any health problems or not.
Browsing the literature on the Internet and the history of girlfriends may not be the right decision in this situation. All women are individual and therefore the treatment should be administered personally at the gynecologist. He will direct you to the necessary studies, to pass tests and examine the woman on the gynecological chair.
Could there be a brown discharge to be a cause for concern, or is this a normal phenomenon?
So, brown discharge before menstruation - what does this mean? There are two possible answers:
- if a woman has brown discharge before the menstruation went, in about 1-3 days and at the same time gradually turned into abundant bloody ones, then this is normal;
- If brown discharge began much earlier than the appearance of menstruation, that is, a week and even earlier, then this is an abnormal phenomenon. This may indicate a number of problems in the female body.
What could be the reasons?
- hormonal failure due to inadequate contraceptive use;
- infectious diseases;
- injury to the mucous membrane of the vagina during intercourse, douching or other mechanical intervention in the vagina;
- poor abortion;
- inflammatory processes;
- normal, individual feature of the body.
However, it is not always brown discharge before menstruation are pathological, even if they went before menstruation. In order to ascertain the reason for the selection, you need to visit a gynecologist. Such whites two to three days before menstruation is the norm, but they may not exist at all.
Some women have never had such sputum. However, there are other whites, for example, white, yellow and green. All of them may indicate the presence of inflammatory processes in the body of a woman.
To eliminate inflammation, you need to pass a smear from the vagina. If a large number of leukocytes are present in it, then this is an inflammatory process.
Infections in the body usually give yellow and green secretions.
They are treated with a course of antibiotics, prebiotics and vitamins. Also required is the administration of immunostimulating drugs.
Symptom manifestation a week before menstruation
Why is the week before the monthly go brown discharge? This fact often indicates a problem with the female body.
The reasons for such whiter a week before menstruation:
- inflammatory processes, especially if accompanied by itching, burning, abdominal pain and lower back pain;
- poor abortion, illegal;
- artificial intervention in the nature of women (the establishment of a spiral);
- removal of spirals;
- taking contraceptives orally (not all contraceptives may be suitable for a particular woman, so they need to be selected by appointment of the gynecologist, and not independently);
- benign tumors of the genital organs;
- cervical erosion.
What does the shade of brown discharges before menstruation tell?
Brown tint of discharge may be for various reasons. Usually, a woman’s discharge is transparent and abundant during ovulation, that is, in the middle of the cycle. They last a couple of days and then stop.
A few days later, bloody sputum appears, which takes an average of 5 to 7 days, depending on the human body. Each woman has its own particular cycle. Someone he lasts 25 days, someone 40.
Dark or light brown discharge should never be ignored. Self-medication can only aggravate the situation.
It is important to immediately consult a doctor as soon as a woman sees brown, yellow or green lei. It is also necessary to monitor the frequency of discharge, keep a calendar, so as not to get confused in days. This is especially important when taking contraceptives.
Improper intake of oral contraceptives can also lead to hormonal imbalance in the body and the appearance of sputum.
Determining pregnancy by the presence or absence of secretions is not a very good way, and most importantly - not accurate. Leucorrhea can be for various reasons and therefore it is better to determine pregnancy by taking a blood test for a hormone or by a pregnancy test. Also determine the pregnancy can be a gynecological doctor.
What measures to take?
If a woman finds a brown discharge before menstruation, the first thing she should do is not to panic. At the first opportunity she should tell her gynecologist about it.
Taking into account all circumstances, such as age, birth history, contraceptive use and many other factors, he will prescribe a treatment. It may happen that after the examination and testing, the woman will be healthy and there will be nothing terrible in the discharge.
Or it may be that the brown discharge will be a signal of serious health problems.
That is why a woman must necessarily monitor their health, namely, discharge from the genitals. Information about what yellow, white, red, green, and brown lecterns mean should be studied, otherwise a woman may miss a moment when she needs to see a doctor and create problems for herself.
Timely action can quickly and easily fix a problem and improve health. But you can not ignore the symptom in any case. Also, do not self-medicate and buy drugs from a pharmacy that are used by friends or seen in commercials on TV. To the health of women need to have an individual approach.
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