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A 28-year-old female asked:

Period came over a week late, but was a normal flow. about 6 days later i started seeing brown discharge, and have been seeing it now for 4 days. why?

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 27 years experience

May have had a: hormonal imbalance. The brown discharge is likely to be old blood that is being cleaned out of the uterus. Take care.

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