Normally menstrual discharge in women is red and does not have a sharp odor. Any changes in these characteristics are a cause for unrest. Thus, secretions can sometimes take a black color and change their odor to an unpleasant one. About why the menstruation turns black and whether you need to treat it, we'll talk further.
Causes of black in menstruation
Black menstruation can be caused by a number of reasons:
- changes in the hormonal background;
- inflammation;
- sexually transmitted diseases;
- stress;
- surgical intervention.
Hormones
Hormones are one of the main factors in the regulation of the cycle and discharge in women. During pregnancy, and also for some period after it, the hormonal background in women varies. The result of such changes in the postpartum period or during the breastfeeding period of a child may be a monthly almost black color.
During lactation, a woman may have scant excreta, up to the spotting, they can also be black or brown. This color is given to the monthly drops of blood in a small amount, trapped in the secretions.
If women have no additional symptoms in the postpartum or lactation period in the form of a sharp and unpleasant odor or pain, black menstruation is considered the norm.
Other changes in the hormonal background, are fraught with a number of problems, and therefore, when black blood appears during menstruation, it is worth turning to a specialist. To identify violations in the hormonal background will help analysis and ultrasound of the thyroid gland.
Inflammation and STD in women
Menses of black color can become the result of inflammatory processes in the appendages, ovaries, etc. Also changes the character of menstrual discharge during infection with STDs and with oncological diseases.
All these reasons for the appearance of menstrual discharge in black, as a rule, are accompanied by other symptoms in the form of unpleasant odor, pain, itching or burning.
With accompanying symptoms, you should always take the problem to the doctor. Examination and analysis will help to make a more accurate diagnosis or exclude diseases and inflammations from among the possible causes.
Treatment for black menstruation is aimed at eliminating the causes that caused them.
Stress
Strong experiences, stresses or stresses, change the course of processes in the body and, as a consequence, during the periods of the month, the discharge can change its color. In this case, natural
Black clots during menstruation
Another cause for concern for women are black clots that can stand out together with regular menstruation. Normally, clots can be, but their color is not much different from the main discharge.
Black clots are the blood coagulated in the uterus, which did not come out right away. The reasons for this, in addition to the above, may be several. So, clots can be the result of anatomical features of the uterus, for example, a narrow cervical canal or a sign of a miscarriage. The latter case is also characterized by black discharge instead of monthly.