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My period is a few days late but i have been having brown discharge for about a week now. what does this mean?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

The brown discharge: is usually old blood being cleaned from the uterus. This might be your period.

Dr Munshower agreed

Answered 7/20/2015

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