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I have brown it went cloudy to all dark brown i'm guessing its old blood?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Sounds right: Brown vaginal discharge is usually old blood being cleaned from the uterus.

Answered 5/20/2015

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