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Brown Vaginal discharge
I am not sexually active, and I have not had my period yet. This morning when I woke up, I found my panties to feel sticky and wet. Thinking it was just a lot of normal discharge, I went to put new underwear on. Surprisingly, the large amount of discharge was brown! This has never happened to me before, so I smelt it to see if the smell could indicate whether it was my period kicking in or what. It did not smell like iron or blood, it smelled like...barbeque sauce, the exact barbeque sauce that I had for dinner the previous night. I know this cant be normal, and I am very worried, please help!
Is there any chance there is a forgotten tampon? It's a pretty common problem; the next tampon can push it way up so it's hard to feel without trying. Forgotten tampons typically cause brown discharge with odor.
HHH, MD
HHH, MD
did you mean you have not had your period yet for the month or you are young and have not had it at all? i am guessing you meant for the month but ya never know. that is "good thinking" on behalf of the dr. who suggested a tampon may be in there that you forgot about!
also, i know this sounds gross but when you mentioned the smell, if i eat a lot of starch like potatos, pasta..that stuff, my discharge sometimes smells "pasty"
also, i know this sounds gross but when you mentioned the smell, if i eat a lot of starch like potatos, pasta..that stuff, my discharge sometimes smells "pasty"
As far as studies prove, A BROWN Color is just a discharge, if the brown is very dark, and has a tint to red, then i guess its a period.... however if the brown is just brown and no tint of red then its just a discharge, many woman tend to have discharges every so often, some times in variuos colors such as brown. If you continue to see this discharge for another 3-4 days, ring a doctor and ask him for a quik check up!
hi.. i had color brown vaginal discharge for about 4 days.. i had unprotected sex on saturday and sunday. we use withdrawal method only. then on a sunday,i saw some brown discharge. what would it be??? please help..
hi.. i had color brown vaginal discharge for about 4 days.. i had unprotected sex on saturday and sunday. we use withdrawal method only. then on a sunday,i saw some brown discharge. what would it be??? please help..
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