What causes dark brown vaginal discharge?

Vaginal secretions are a normal substance for women. During menstruation, a large amount of blood flows through the vagina, causing changes in the vaginal environment and making it easy for a lot of bacteria and other substances to breed. The vagina itself can also secrete a lot of liquid substances, which balance the vaginal environment. But why do some women have dark brown vaginal secretions? Let’s take a look at the explanation below. I hope everyone can understand.

Brown discharge is a symptom of abnormal leucorrhea and should be taken seriously. Abnormal vaginal discharge may simply be an increase in amount, or it may also be accompanied by changes in color, texture, and odor.

Abnormal vaginal discharge may simply be an increase in amount, or it may also be accompanied by changes in color, texture, and odor.

Generally speaking, pathological leucorrhea is mostly inflammatory leucorrhea, leucorrhea caused by tumors and leucorrhea caused by foreign bodies. The following pathological leucorrhea are common symptoms:

●Colorless, transparent, sticky leucorrhea: It is egg white-like and similar in properties to the mucus secreted by the cervical glands during ovulation, but the amount of secretion is significantly increased compared to usual. Generally, the possibility of chronic endocervicitis, ovarian dysfunction, vaginal adenosis, or well-differentiated cervical adenocarcinoma should be considered.

●White or grayish yellow foamy leucorrhea: It is a characteristic of Trichomonas vaginitis and may be accompanied by vulvar itching.

●Curly vaginal discharge: a characteristic of candidal vaginitis, often accompanied by severe vulvar itching or burning pain.

●Gray homogeneous leucorrhea with fishy smell: thin, small to large amount, unpleasant smell, commonly seen in bacterial vaginosis.

●Purinary leucorrhea: yellow or yellow-green, sticky, and often has a foul odor. It can be caused by acute vaginitis, cervicitis, and endocervicitis caused by bacteria such as Trichomonas or gonococci. Pyometra, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer or foreign objects retained in the vagina can also cause pus-like leucorrhea.

●Bloody leucorrhea: If there is blood mixed in the leucorrhea, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical polyps or submucosal fibroids should be considered. Insertion of an intrauterine device can also cause bloody leucorrhea.

●Watery leucorrhea: If watery leucorrhea like rice washing water continues to flow out and is accompanied by a foul odor, it is usually due to advanced cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, or submucosal fibroids with infection. If you have intermittent discharge of yellow or red watery vaginal discharge, you should be aware of the possibility of fallopian tube cancer.