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What causes brown spotting?
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Spotting: Does this occur after physical activity or after sex? Are you on the birth control pill? Have you gained or lost weight recently? If this started recently, it may be due to a polyp on the cervix or inside your uterus. An ultrasound may help to identify what is going on.
Answered 6/16/2014
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Retained menses: Brown spotting after a menses can last for several days. The color is due to the menstrual fluid staying in the vagina or coming out of the cervix so slowly that the exposure to air causes the hemoglobin to oxidize. It is common and normal in women and girls who are having regular menses. In.
Answered 6/21/2014
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