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Do i am married and have a fairly active sex life, after my period i have had a very discharge with a brown tint and bad smell.. what could it be?

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Vaginitis?: Without seeing the discharge and examining you it is difficult to speculate. This may be a simple bacterial vaginosis to something more significant. See your ob/gyn doctor.

Answered 2/10/2013

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