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I had my period a week early but it ended two days early and roughly three days later i started getting brown discharge. what could this mean?

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Dr. Susan Arnoult answered

Variant of normal: Periods can seem to "stop" and "start" and the brown discharge is probably just old blood.

Answered 8/6/2014

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A member asked:

I had my period a week early but it ended two days early and roughly three days later i started getting brown discharge. what could this mean?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Susan Arnoult answered

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