Why is the vaginal discharge brown? Beware of cervicitis!

Dear female friends, if you find that the color of your leucorrhea turns brown, you must pay attention to it. This situation can be mild or severe. If it is mild, it may be caused by bacterial infection, and you need to pay attention to hygiene at this time. If it is severe, it may be caused by disease.

1. Infection

If women do not pay attention to personal hygiene during menstruation, use contaminated sanitary products, have sex during menstruation, etc., it is very easy to cause pathogen infection, leading to the occurrence of brown vaginal discharge in women. Common infections include trichomoniasis, mold infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, etc. Among them, many infections can cause gynecological inflammation, such as vulvitis and vaginitis.

2. Cervicitis

Childbirth lacerations, changes in sex hormones, or cervical inflammation caused by sexual activity may lead to cervical erosion and increase the amount of brown vaginal discharge. Common is chronic cervicitis, such as cervical erosion. Because cervical erosion is the most common cervicitis in women, it is the first factor that should be considered when brown leucorrhea appears.

3. Ovulation bleeding

Brown vaginal discharge during ovulation is usually related to ovulation bleeding. The brown color of vaginal discharge during ovulation is because after the mature follicle ruptures and ovulates, the estrogen level drops sharply and significantly, which cannot maintain the growth of the endometrium, causing local rupture and shedding of the endometrial surface, resulting in breakthrough bleeding. With the formation of the corpus luteum of the ovary, sufficient estrogen and progesterone are secreted to quickly repair the ruptured endometrial surface and stop the bleeding. Or it may be that during ovulation, the mature follicles secrete more estrogen, causing endometrial congestion and leakage of red blood cells. Women do not need to worry too much if this phenomenon occurs. The bleeding will disappear after about two or three days.

It is important to be aware that ovulation bleeding may also be caused by other gynecological diseases. If you find that ovulation bleeding lasts too long and does not recover for a long time, you should consider whether it is related to cervical diseases such as cervical erosion, uterine polyps, and cervical cancer.