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Is there something wrong if your blood is coming out really dark?

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I got my period a week early, and my blood is a black almost green color. I also am itchy. Should I be concerned?

 

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September 23 10:05 PM (16 minutes and 16 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

Are you using birth control pills or morning after pills from time to time? They are known to cause some brown spotting. How old are you, by the way?

If you haven’t seen a gynecologist, then you definitely should. Good luck!
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September 23 10:50 PM (45 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
Reply to Jean's Post: No, I am not taking any pills and i am 19. I have never seen a gynocolgist.
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September 24 8:27 AM (9 hours and 37 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

Have you noticed any unusually smell coming out of your vagina? If so please describe the smell? Is it as fishy kind of odor?

It might be a bacteria or fungal infection but I would need to know if there is a smell associated with it.
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September 24 10:02 AM (1 hour and 34 minutes and 32 seconds later)
         
Reply to Dr. Jean's Post: Yes there is a fishy kind of smell.
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September 24 11:17 AM (1 hour and 14 minutes and 40 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

It could be an infection. The most common cause is vaginal bacterial overgrowth known as bacterial vaginosis, which has a "fishy" or "musty" smell.

"Fishy" smells can also result from vaginal infections, such as trichomonas vaginalis. The vagina could also smell "yeasty" because of vaginal yeast overgrowths - yeast infection

In about 25% of women, BV symptoms resolve on their own. you can use lactobacillus (as in yogurt) to help restore the balance of vaginal bacteria, either along with or instead of antibiotic treatment

If it isn't that and it doesn't clear up quickly, you need to see a gynecologist.
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