What is the reason for the brown color in the vaginal discharge?

Leucorrhea plays an important role in showing women's physiological health and is of great significance to women. However, some women do not seriously deal with the changing color of leucorrhea, which leads to gynecological diseases. So, what's the matter with the brown color in leucorrhea? Discoloration of leucorrhea is an abnormal phenomenon. Leucorrhea discoloration means that the leucorrhea has changed in color, smell, and state. What is the cause? If your vaginal discharge changes color, it means that you have some gynecological disease, which will have various impacts on women's health. If you find it, you must pay attention to it and go to the hospital for examination in time.

Why is the leucorrhea brown?

1. Leucorrhea is milky white or light yellow, purulent, large in amount, smelly, and often accompanied by abdominal pain. It is generally caused by chronic cervicitis or endocervicitis.

2. The leucorrhea is yellow or yellow-green, thin and foamy, or like rice water, grayish white, and has a foul odor. It is mostly caused by vaginal trichomoniasis.

3. The leucorrhea is yellow-white in color, most of which are sticky, but sometimes thin. It is typically milky white, like bean dregs, or in the form of curd-like white flakes or lumps. Most of the time, it is caused by fungal infection.

4. If there is blood in the leucorrhea. It is common in cervical polyps, side effects caused by intrauterine contraceptive devices, submembranous uterine fibroids, severe chronic cervicitis, etc.

5. The leucorrhea secreted after amoeba infection mostly appears as bloody serous or yellow viscous secretions, sometimes mixed with small rotten meat-like substances.

After reading the above article, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of why there is brown in leucorrhea. In the obstetrics and gynecology department of many hospitals, one in ten women who come to consult because of excessive vaginal discharge, abnormal vaginal discharge and other diseases have a probability of physiological increase in vaginal discharge. If you are found to have similar symptoms, it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital for examination. If you have any questions, you are welcome to consult us at any time.