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What to do if brown discharge, week before menstrual!?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

This is likely: old blood being cleaned from uterus. May have a little hormonal irregularity this month.

Dr Munshower and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 4/11/2019

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