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A member asked:

My urine turns into dark red in color either few days before or few days after my menstrual period.. wat could be the cause of this? thank you

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Dr. Vahe Yetimyan answered

It sounds like: menstrual blood changing the color of your urine since it is hapening certain time of the month.

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 5/3/2015

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