Blood with monthly dark color with clots. Dark and thick blood during menstruation.

The main indicator of a woman’s health is color. If there is no pathology, blood does not clot during menstruation. Its color is somewhat darker than that of blood circulating through the circulatory system.

Menstruation is the rejection of the inner layer of the uterus - the endometrium. It happens, on average, every month, if fertilization and implantation of the ovum has not occurred. The process of expelling the endometrium is associated with an increase in the fragility of the vessels and is accompanied by bleeding.

The statistical norm is the following shades:

• burgundy;
• brownish red;
• dark.

The appearance of small clots or mucus is not a deviation from the norm. These are particles of the dying uterine mucosa.

When menstruation begins, discharge from a young woman who does not suffer from any pathology may have more light color. It is important to understand that the shade of menstrual flow is due to the content of iron in the blood. Therefore, the first day or two, when the process is just activated, fresh blood is released. The shade of blood can be close to scarlet, and its consistency is not as thick as in the last days of menstruation. When the process is complete, the blood is oxidized and clotted.

What does scarlet color mean

Doctors consider it a wonderful indicator when menstruation of scarlet is present on the first day. But if the shade does not change after 3 days, this is not a very good sign. This applies particularly to girls and young women aged 18-35 years.

In girls 12-17 years old, this indicator indicates that the menstrual cycle is just being formed. The appearance of red blood should also not bother women approaching menopause. This hue signals a gradual restructuring of the body.

The appearance of monthly scarlet in young women may indicate the following conditions:

• incorrectly proceeding pregnancy;
• uterine polyps;
• side effects that have developed on the background of the operations.

Another reason for the appearance bleeding   scarlet or light red color is a decrease in the level of hemoglobin in the blood. In addition, it may indicate the presence of other pathologies of the hematopoietic system. If this symptom occurs within 3-6 months, the woman is advised to return as soon as possible. general analysis   blood and seek help from a gynecologist, as well as other specialists narrow profile.

Sometimes the appearance of scarlet secretions suggests that a woman needs to replace the contraceptive drug. Often this monthly color can be triggered by the intrauterine device.

The scarlet shade can warn about the incorrect functioning of the reproductive system, inflammation of the pelvic organs.

Sometimes the appearance of monthly scarlet color indicates the growth of a malignant tumor.

The doctor will be able to make an accurate diagnosis only after receiving blood test data. Additionally, a woman may be assigned an ultrasound of the appendages and the uterus.

What does brown color mean

The appearance of menstrual brown shade is the norm only for girls of puberty. In other cases, this symptom warns about the presence of serious violations in the body. Often the selection of brown tint are signs of ectopic pregnancy.

If the appearance of brownish discharge is accompanied by painful sensations, the cause may be due to hypothermia. Abdominal pain varies from aching to acute. You should not "extinguish" her painkillers. Ignoring this symptom can lead to infertility.

Some women have a brownish discharge after unprotected sex with a non-regular sexual partner. While there are such specific features:

• lower abdominal pain;
• unpleasant "flavor" of discharge.

As a rule, this indicates the progression of genital infections. Usually, such an "inflorescence" of symptoms indicates the development of gonorrhea or syphilis.

Another provocateur for the appearance of brownish menses is the reception of an incorrectly chosen contraceptive. Against this background, there is a failure in the functioning of the ovaries or the death of the endometrium. If the brownish discharge is present within two months, the woman should replace the hormonal contraceptive.

The appearance of brown menstruation may also be a consequence of abortion. If such a symptom is present within three months after the abortion, the woman is advised to immediately visit the gynecologist.

If a girl decides to "lose" a few extra pounds and changes her diet, it often provokes a failure of the menstrual cycle. Against this background, the color of the monthly can also become brown. It varies depending on the state of the organism.

What does black color mean?

The appearance of black menstrual flow often with clots may indicate endometriosis. In the process of development of this pathology, the state of the inner layer of the uterus changes, and the release of secretions is significantly hampered. Another symptom of endometriosis is the emergence of a sharp "flavor".

In addition, the black color of menstruation can warn of such conditions:

• uterine tension;
• bearing a fetus;
• reduction of the cervical canal;
• endocrine disruption;
• the growth of a benign tumor.

At last

The hue of menstrual blood can change due to frequent stresses, psychological stress, as well as physical overload. If there are additional symptoms and severe discomfort, you should not postpone visiting the doctor.

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Today, many women are judged on the state of their health by what color menstruation. Indeed, on this basis it is possible to judge the state of female reproductive health. Nature laid the mechanism according to which a woman’s body up to a certain age prepares monthly for the onset of fertilization. In practice, the menstrual cycle occurs in 11-15 years. As a rule, the age at which menstruation occurs is associated with a hereditary factor. Most often, the girl appears monthly at the same age as her mother.

2 Possible color variations

As noted earlier, the color of blood secreted during menstruation is a kind of indicator of health. For this reason, many of the weaker sex want to know. In practice, the blood released during menstruation does not undergo coagulation, and therefore its color is much darker than the color of blood circulating in the circulatory system. The color of the blood can be influenced by a lot of factors, for example, a significant weight loss in a short period of time, medication and age changes   in the body. However, experts are generally recognized symptoms that indicate the development of various pathologies.

For the treatment and prevention of problems with the menstrual cycle (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, Opsomenorrhea, etc.) and vaginal dysbacteriosis, our readers successfully use the simple advice of the chief gynecologist Leyla Adamova. Having carefully studied this method, we decided to offer it to your attention.

So, what does scarlet color of menstrual blood mean? A similar color of blood in the first 2 days of menstruation is ideal. This is evidence of the health and regularity of the processes occurring in the body. Such blood is characterized by the presence of the smell of iron.

If after 2 days the color of the monthly remains unchanged, then this is not a very positive symptom. The situation is aggravated, if at the same time the monthly periods are scanty. Such a situation can occur either in a teenage girl during the period of the formation of the cycle, or in a woman shortly before menopause, which should occur no earlier than 50 years. If such symptoms are observed in women in reproductive age, then you should go through the necessary examinations by specialists, not doing self-diagnostics.

And a little about the secrets ...

Have you ever suffered from problems with Menstrual cycle? Judging by the fact that you are reading this article - the victory was not on your side. And of course you do not know firsthand what it is:

Why are menstruations brown? What is the norm for menstruation, and what is considered pathology? Since menstruation is an indicator of female reproductive health, it is necessary to figure out what is considered the norm, and why does the discharge become brown or scarlet and become abundant or scarce?

Menstruation - what is considered normal?
  What color should be monthly?

During menstruation, the uterine endometrium is renewed. The bleeding process accompanies the separation of tissues and the contraction of the uterus. Often this is accompanied by aching or paroxysmal pain of varying intensity. To determine the concepts of norm and pathology, we give list of symptoms that should alert any woman:

• intense discharge;
• menstrual bleeding lasts more than 6 days;
• monthly brown color;
•   cycle time;
• monthly accompanied;
• whites of uncharacteristic color and with an unpleasant smell after menstruation.

Recall that in normal, for 5-6 days of menstruation from 50 to 100 ml. blood, scarlet or dark red color, without large clots and smell.

Monthly browns and their causes.
  Norm or disease?

The brown color of the menses is due to the presence of coagulating blood particles in the secret. Normally, such discharge should appear only at the beginning and at the end of menstruation or when taking hormonal drugs.

Why can brown menstruation bother the whole cycle and increase during menstruation? What is the reason? We already spoke about this in the article "".

You should not immediately panic and look for symptoms of serious diseases. Perhaps the cause of the dark menstruation is that you started taking medications that affect the hormonal background of the body. In this case, both the color and the character of the discharge is a variant of the norm. Just make an appointment with a doctor. Most likely, nothing terrible and will not reveal, but the confidence that you do not have , endometritis,    or    - worth the time spent on the survey.

So, besides the listed diseases menstrual browns can be triggered:

Endometrial hyperplasia

Endometrial hyperplasia often manifests itself as a brown discharge during menstruation. You can even say that with this disease is the norm. The disease has a hormonal nature. The epithelium lining the uterus expands, engaging in this process and deeper tissues. It is the pathological thickness and heterogeneity of the endometrium that are the causes of the discharge.

The secretion of the disease can occur in any period of the cycle: black discharge during menstruation, brown on the first day of menstruation and bloody daub in the middle of the cycle.

The disease is very insidious and dangerous because it can for a long time   Do not disturb the woman and be asymptomatic. Nevertheless, the complications of hyperplasia are very serious - infertility, fibroids, polyps, and even oncology.

Drug therapy is used in treatment, but surgical methods (curettage) with subsequent hormonal support are most effective.

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Genital tuberculosis

Infectious disease. Bacteria are released to the genitals from the environment as a result of bad hygiene   at non-observance of elementary rules. The source is a patient with tuberculosis.

Symptoms of illness - dull pain in the lower abdomen, irregular menstruation and brown discharge   with an unpleasant smell during menstruation. Tuberculosis causes tissue damage and nerve endings   in the pelvic organs. It is rather difficult to diagnose the disease, as well as to cure it.

Metabolic disorders

It may have a hormonal nature, than to provoke failures during menstruation, the growth of the endometrium and the formation of fibroids. And maybe the result of enthusiasm and above the norm.

Monthly brown in color, scanty and irregular - are often a sign of a malfunction of the hypothalamus, responsible for regular menstruation and for the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates, and, consequently, for body weight. By reducing the intensity of the monthly secret, the body tries to maintain strength for normal functioning.

A similar situation occurs in the case of overweight: adipose tissue "processes" the female hormone estrogen into the male androgen.

The reasons are different, and the result is one - monthly brown colors become scarce, or cease altogether. Therefore, if your parameters are far from the norm, you should approach the issue of diets and

The color of menstruation, many women take for a diagnostic criterion. Many people are worried if the selection has become a different shade, changed their character. Monitoring health is definitely needed. Only without fanaticism. So, what color should be the monthly normal, and that should be alerted.

It happens

In some women, menstruation does not begin immediately “in full force”, but gradually “accelerates” to the maximum volume in 1-3 days. The color of the menstruation on the first day of the cycle may be brown. This usually indicates that the selection is scarce. There is nothing wrong with that. The only awkward moment is if the woman is actively planning a pregnancy and is trying to calculate ovulation. After all, it is not clear scanty - this is the first day of the cycle or you need to wait for the appearance of blood. Doctors usually respond to this, you need to wait until they begin more heavy discharge. If they do not exist, the color of the blood during the menstruation and the amount of discharge will remain small - count the cycle from their appearance.

A woman's life can vary many times the amount of blood lost during menstruation, this is the norm. For example, poor monthly dark color are when taking oral contraceptives. This is absolutely normal. The nature of menstruation after various “hormonal surges” often changes after abortions and miscarriages. The color of the menstrual period after childbirth can also change, especially if they first appear when the woman is still breastfeeding, then large, true, quite solvable problems usually arise with the cycle.

If it's a pregnancy

Many women, it should be noted, not too versed in the female physiology, are interested in color. Normally, after conception, they do not happen until the baby develops in the uterus. If you notice something similar, you need to urgently consult a doctor, it can be an emergency situation. So, brown discharge instead of menstruation appears in women with ectopic pregnancy. They believe that this is the usual menstruation, whereas they are literally in mortal danger. Therefore, this symptom is at least a reason to make a pregnancy test. In this case, a weakly pronounced second striped should be regarded as a positive result.

Often, hemophysis is observed with small detachments of the chorion or placenta. In this case, only time can help. A woman is recommended sexual and physical rest, a drug of progesterone, an antispasmodic, if there is a uterus tone.
   If a doctor sees on ultrasound that pregnancy is not viable - there is no embryo in the fetal egg or the embryo has no heartbeat - curettage or vacuum aspiration is prescribed to prevent development inflammatory process   in the womb.

Gynecological diseases

The color of menstruation is brown with endometriosis. If the daub begins for you three or more days before the full discharge, while the stomach is aching, and perhaps there is infertility, then this disease may be the cause. Adenomyosis (endometriosis in the uterus) occurs in very many women. Often occurs in parallel with uterine myoma.

The color of the menstrual period with endometriosis can sometimes even be black. But this does not mean oncology. Although adenomyosis, of course, should be treated if it is symptomatic. Treatment is usually prescribed hormonal.

It should be noted that bright red (scarlet) color of menstruation that appeared around the middle of the menstrual cycle is one of the signs of abundant acyclic bleeding. Especially if there are clots. This is not uncommon in endometriosis. can again hormonal. The name of the drug and the dosage will tell the doctor.

The female body is designed so that we receive a monthly reminder of whether we will become a mother this time or not. This uneasy period for girls and adult women proceeds in different ways. Allocations normally go several days. Initially, abundantly, then thicken and become scarce. The color changes from red with dark patches to brown, almost black at the end of a period.

Thick dark discharge   throughout the entire menstrual cycle, they are alarming, and often frightening women. Their suspicions about physiological disorders lead to panic, but inner fear, even at this time, does not convince them to visit a gynecologist.

Black blood: normal or serious problem?

Gynecologists reassure - very dark discharge, basically, are not a deviation from the norm. It all depends on the density of the discharge. Women whose lifestyles have little to do with physical work often observe menstrual black.

All other symptoms go away from them, like many:

• General malaise, fatigue;
• Nervousness, excitability;
• Feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen before menstruation.

Changes in blood density, as a result of which the type of discharge changes, is not the result of serious disturbances in the body, if a woman does not experience any other negative symptoms. It is close to normal when the age is over 30 years old. Menses become more viscous and darker.

Taking certain drugs changes the density of the blood. Affects the appearance and position of the cervix, bend, for example, in this case, the discharge becomes thick. Changes in the size of the uterus can contribute to thickening of the blood and change the structure of menstruation.

With a sharp change in body weight in one direction or another, malaise during all menstrual days, a sharp change in the consistency and color of blood should alert the woman.

Drastic changes in hormonal levels are possible, the reasons for this are enough:

• Stress associated with emotional experiences;
• Excessive ultraviolet radiation produced during tanning;
• Changes in the work of the endocrine glands;
• Missed or non-treated infectious disease;
• Failure in the endocrine system.

Fortunately, modern medicine is able to identify abnormalities and with the help of drugs, restore hormonal changes or eliminate the cause of imbalance, if possible.

Blood may thicken with certain physiological disturbances for its free passage. So can restrain the outflow of blood, formed benign polyps, timely measures taken to eliminate them will change the situation. Narrowing the cervical canal at the beginning of menopause gives the same result.

Dark brown menstruation can be observed after removing the helix (IUD) due to the scarcity of the discharge.

When should alert?

A modern self-respecting lady should not indifferently look at the monthly changes in density and color, if she had inflammation of the endometrium or adenomyosis on a mandatory annual examination. These diseases do not cause concern if a woman is seen by a doctor.

But their cunning is that for a long time they do not give symptoms that would make them run to the doctor. It is bad when going to the gynecologist is irregular. Then serious health problems can not be avoided. First of all, you should change your attitude towards yourself.

Attention! Hurry to the reception if the dark periods are accompanied by:

• Irregular cycles;
• Sharp change of a dense component on a bright and plentiful blood;
• Release of large blood clots;
• Permanent outward-smearing discharge;
• Painful sensations;
• Increase days more than 7;
• Weakness and sudden weight loss;
• Pain in the bladder;
• Severe pain in the lumbar region;
• Aching pain in the ovaries;
• Unpleasant smell, different from the usual monthly;
• Constant coughing for no reason.

Such symptoms can be serious manifestations of gynecological diseases and require urgent treatment to the clinic for a full examination. Ultrasound examination of the abdominal cavity and organs adjacent to the urogenital system in such a case is shown as early as possible.

Thick periods of dark red are sometimes banal causes and are characteristic of healthy women. Hard work, dehydration can affect the composition of the menstrual flow. Cold weather slightly changes their structure.

Do not panic: what to do?

Medicine successfully treats many female diseases. The main rules that a woman must comply with in order to preserve health:

1. To be attentive to yourself and to be observed by a doctor twice a year, once a year to be examined by ultrasound.
2. Avoid unprotected intimacy with a casual partner, but rather avoid such options.
3. To be educated in the field of women's health and not to make advisers and consultants to friends.
4. Do not trust the charlatans and always contact the experts if you have any questions related to women's health.

Any situation that worries and gives no peace should be discussed with the doctor.