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What Causes Light Brown Spotting After Intercourse?
I have started birth control again (over a month ago) during that time my boyfriend used condoms. Well after a month or so ( I started to take the second pack of birth control when first one was done.) So we stopped using condoms. About a 2 weeks ago I noticed signs of a possible yeast infection. I didn t have the time to go to the doctors so I got over the counter cream for it. We after I had used that I noticed spotting that was brown. I just figured my period would be starting soon. But it hasn t and for over a week I ve had very light brown spotting. I have missed a pill and remembered to take it as soon as I remembered.
There are many reasons why a woman may bleed after sex. The medical name for this is "postcoital bleeding".
Most common is an infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), or a sexually transmitted infection (STI), such as chlamydia then vaginal dryness (atrophic vaginitis) caused by reduced vaginal secretions after the menopause, damage to the vagina, such as tears caused by childbirth, or by dryness or friction during sex or cervical or endometrial polyps (benign or non-cancerous growths in the womb or the lining of the cervix).
If the problem is caused by vaginal dryness, they may recommend that you try using lubricating gels. For other treatments, it would be necessary to see a gynecologist and establish the right cause first.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Iven Romic Rommstein, General Surgeon
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What Causes Light Brown Spotting After Intercourse?
Hi, There are many reasons why a woman may bleed after sex. The medical name for this is postcoital bleeding . Most common is an infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), or a sexually transmitted infection (STI), such as chlamydia then vaginal dryness (atrophic vaginitis) caused by reduced vaginal secretions after the menopause, damage to the vagina, such as tears caused by childbirth, or by dryness or friction during sex or cervical or endometrial polyps (benign or non-cancerous growths in the womb or the lining of the cervix). If the problem is caused by vaginal dryness, they may recommend that you try using lubricating gels. For other treatments, it would be necessary to see a gynecologist and establish the right cause first. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Iven Romic Rommstein, General Surgeon