One of the most common causes of women visiting a gynecologist is the appearance of pathological discharge. Of particular concern are usually dark discharge. Let’s try to figure out what dark brown whites can signal.
So, if in the absence of menstruation there are dark discharge, first of all, they suggest diseases of the uterus, its neck, ovaries, as well as hormonal disorders.
This phenomenon can occur in chronic endometritis - inflammation of the uterine mucosa. Allocations then appear after menstruation or in front of them, but can also be in the middle of the cycle, have an unpleasant odor and are accompanied by pain in the lower abdomen of a aching character. The cause of the disease often becomes acute endometritis - postabortion or postpartum, as well as resulting from various intrauterine manipulations, chronic infections, hormonal and immune disorders. What is the danger of chronic endometritis? The disease contributes to termination of pregnancy at different times. The fact is that the fixation of the fetal egg and its development in the presence of an inflammatory process in the mucosa is difficult.
Dark discharge, often with disseminated blood, are frequent signs of endometriosis. With this disease, there may not be pain or any unpleasant sensations. Endometriosis, affecting the cervix, is a small cystic, nodular formation or growth of purple-blue, sometimes red in the form of stripes. Of these, pathological discharge usually appears.
Dark discharge can also be associated with a polyp, which appears against the background of pathology of the uterine mucosa or cervical canal. The causes are usually chronic inflammatory processes and hormonal disorders.
Such discharge in the middle of the cycle sometimes indicates polycystic ovary syndrome (hyperprolactinemia) or progesterone deficiency. These conditions require treatment, as they cause infertility.
Sometimes discharge of a dark brown color, especially with the presence of an anemone, may indicate an ectopic pregnancy. Such phenomena may be accompanied by dizziness, decreased pressure, increased heart rate, constant or periodic pain in the lower abdomen.
Dark-white whites can normally be in the first months of using hormonal contraceptives. But if the discharge lasts more than 2 months, you need to choose another drug.
Care should be taken to spotting, spotting during pregnancy, they can be a symptom of detachment of the placenta or the ovum, even if it occurred a week ago. This, as a rule, is accompanied by pain in the lower back and in the abdomen, resembling weak contractions.
Dark discharge during menstruation
When talking about unusual, dark brown discharge during menstruation, usually refer to pathological leucorrhoea that appears a few days before menstruation or immediately after. In this case, endometrial hyperplasia may occur . Often its cause is a hormonal disorder, as well as lipid or carbohydrate metabolism. At the heart of the disease can be hereditary factors, in adulthood, hyperplasia often develops after undergoing gynecological operations, inflammatory processes of the genital organs, and abortion.
In addition, with endocervicitis and endometritis, as mentioned above, menstruation of a dark brown color may also occur in the first or last days.
However, dark discharge with clots during menstruation can indicate the presence of a uterine bend, a violation of blood coagulation (a tendency to form blood clots), a lack of B vitamins, endometriosis of the uterus, polyps, myoma. Such menstruation can also be in the presence of an intrauterine device.
Any discharge of brown color has an admixture of blood, moreover, curled, which means that they speak about the pathology of the uterus, its neck or ovaries. Consulting a doctor to find out the reasons is required. With prolonged brown whiteness, as well as with abundant discharge, an endometrial biopsy is done to exclude endometritis and other diseases.