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Brown blood at start of period and iron deficient for 2 yrs?
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Older blood: Blood that sits for a while oxidizes and turns brown, so that has no particular significance. Only much heavier bleeding would make you anemic, so the real question is what is the rest of your period like and what other causes of anemia have been looked at?
Answered 11/27/2017
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