A 22-year-old female asked:
What is the brown discharge after pregnancy?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Lochia: This is a discharge which is initially more bloody and thick becoming more watery more pale and eventually whitish over the course of a few weeks.
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Dr. Vasu Brownanswered
Integrative Medicine 35 years experience
Digested blood: Old blood looks brown in discharge.
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Last updated Oct 4, 2016
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