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Why do i get brown discharge instead of my period?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

The brown discharge: Might be your period. Brown discharge is usually older, deoxygenated blood from the uterus.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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