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I had my period a week ago. then after a, week i started spotting brown. what does that mean?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibly hormonal: Imbalance. The brown spotting is older, deoxygenated blood being cleaned out of your uterus.

Dr Jacobson agreed

Answered 11/16/2013

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