As If bleeding every month is not cumbersome enough, most women are plagued by questions surrounding the nature of their menstrual flow. Because different women experience different symptoms during their menstruation, it is normal to be asking questions about whether their own personally experienced symptoms are normal. Some of these symptoms include different kinds of blood clots during their period. Here are some commonly asked questions about blood clots.
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Other Symptoms
Sticky discharge is one of the most common types of discharge women deal with. It usually occurs before and after period, and results due to low estrogen levels in the body. The consistency of sticky vaginal discharge goes from thick and clumpy to creamy and pasty, while the color ranges from clear to cloudy white or pale yellow. If accompanied by a bad fishy odor, unusually yellow or greenish color, vaginal itching, swelling or redness, the discharge may indicate the presence of an infection instead.
Having two periods in one month can either constitute peculiarities of a regular menstrual cycle or an evidence of a number of functional disorders and diseases of the female reproductive system. [click to continue…]
Regular uterine bleeding in the form of vaginal discharge of the purple or the dark-brown blood, sometimes containing admixtures, is referred to as menstruation. Having scanty periods may be associated with a number of factors (including menopause or intake of contraceptives). In some cases, women observe spotting but no period. It may occur in the form of light spotting or intense bleeding. There is also another possible form of physiological spotting between periods. Defining the difference between spotting and a period can only be done by a specialist, after thorough examination. [click to continue…]