What is the reason for brown vaginal discharge before menstruation?

The female body has a certain regularity. Menstruation is a physiological cycle that women have every month. However, women will have some different symptoms before menstruation, such as breast pain or stomach discomfort. However, many women will find that their leucorrhea is brown before menstruation. Some women lack experience and think that this phenomenon is the cause of early menstruation. Then such symptoms are generally caused by some gynecological diseases. Let's understand the reasons for brown leucorrhea before menstruation.

Leucorrhea is a discharge from the vagina. Under normal circumstances, the amount is very small, white, sticky, and odorless. It contains mucus secreted by the cervix, exudates from the vaginal mucosa, epidermal cells shed from the uterus and vagina, as well as a small amount of white blood cells and non-pathogenic vaginal bacilli. When there is inflammation or tumor in the reproductive organs, vaginal discharge may increase due to inflammatory exudate or tissue necrosis, and may be purulent or bloody and have a foul odor. It is advisable to check it out in time.

What is the reason for brown vaginal discharge before menstruation?

Experts point out that brown vaginal discharge before menstruation can generally be said to be a bleeding phenomenon. There are two types of brown vaginal discharge before menstruation: physiological and pathological. Generally speaking, some women will experience ovulation bleeding during their ovulation period, also known as mid-menstrual bleeding, which refers to a small amount of bleeding between two normal menstrual periods, which may be accompanied by varying degrees of lower abdominal pain. If the symptoms of brown vaginal discharge before menstruation are mild, no treatment is required. However, if the bleeding is heavy or affects fertility, medication can be used for treatment.

However, if the vaginal discharge is brown before menstruation, you should also consider the possibility of the following diseases:

(1) Acute submucosal uterine fibroids. (2) Endometrial cancer.

In addition, sometimes due to the placement of an intrauterine contraceptive ring, there is some blood mixed in the leucorrhea, resulting in brown leucorrhea before menstruation.

The above is an introduction to the reasons for brown premenstrual leucorrhea. After understanding it, we know that abnormal leucorrhea generally means that there are some gynecological diseases in the body. We must pay attention to it and go to a regular specialist hospital for examination in time. Because women's immunity is low during menstruation, we must pay special attention to body maintenance before and after menstruation, ensure adequate rest and pay attention to balanced nutrition in diet, and most importantly, pay attention to personal physiological hygiene.