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Hi there, i am 12 days late and have been spotting - brown discharge and dark red blood for 5 days now. what could this mean?

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Dr. Katharine Cox answered

Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Late/bleeding: If you are sexually active you may be pregnant. If not you may have some imbalance of your hormones. Do a pregnancy test and see your doctor. All the best. Also rule out infection.

Dr Amico Jr and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/24/2016

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