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Brown discharge pelvic pain

04/06/2007

Question:

I am 20 years old and have never been pregnant. I have been on Ortho Tricyclen Lo for about 3 years and never had a problem. The past 2 weeks I have been experiencing a lot of lower back pain and pelvic pain. In addition to all of this I have been experiencing brown discharge and bleeding. I am concerned as to what it is. My last period was light bleeding did not think much of it.

Answer:

This is likely an anovulatory cycle, but you may want to see your physician for a pelvic exam to be sure nothing is wrong with the uterus.

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Response by:

The Ohio State University Glen F Aukerman, MD, DABFP
Professor of Family Medicine
OSU Integrative Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Glen F Aukerman, MD, DABFP