asked this before but no answers :( about my period. 10 pts!?

Having a dark brown menstrual discharge is not unusual. Menstrual blood may be red, pink or brown. Irregular periods aren't unusual during your teen years. Menstrual flow will smell when it leaves the vaginal canal and combine with oxygen in the air. This is all expected. Your doctor may have noticed something you haven't mentioned here to bring up PCOS.

Since PCOS was mentioned you probably want to learn more about it. I don't include this to scare you but to inform you so you can determine if you feel you need to explore this more with your doctor. Making another appointment to talk to her/him might be helpful for you. Chances are your mom will be interested in what your doctor said and may want to go to a follow up appointment with you.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) symptoms tend to start gradually. Often, hormonal changes that lead to PCOS start in the early teens, after the first menstrual period.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder. That means there is a problem with some of the hormones in the body. With PCOS, one of the main problems is that the body is not properly using the insulin that it makes. Insulin levels can then get too high. Insulin is a hormone that plays an important role in digesting and using sugar from the food that we eat. Many women with PCOS are overweight or find it especially difficult to lose weight.

When insulin levels are too high, it can affect other hormones in the body. One hormone that is affected by too much insulin is androgen. Having too much androgen is what causes some of the more noticeable symptoms of PCOS.

With PCOS, you may have only a few symptoms or many symptoms. Understand it is common for PCOS symptoms to be mistaken for other medical problems.

Below are the early symptoms of PCOS:

1. Few or no menstrual periods. This can range from less than nine menstrual cycles in a year (more than 35 days between cycles) to no menstrual periods.

2. Some women with PCOS have regular periods but are not ovulating every month. This means that their ovaries are not releasing an egg each month. Heavy, irregular vaginal bleeding. About 30% of women with PCOS have this symptom.

3. Hair loss from the scalp and hair growth (hirsutism) on the face, chest, back, stomach, thumbs, or toes. About 70% of women in the United States with PCOS complain of these hair problems caused by high androgen levels.

4. Acne and oily skin, caused by high androgen levels.

5. Depression or mood swings.

There are other symptoms that occur. I am just including the early symptoms for you. There is no single test to diagnose PCOS. Below is how this is diagnosed by doctors.

Medical History. Your doctor will ask about your menstrual periods, weight changes, and other symptoms.

Physical Exam. Your doctor will want to measure your blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and waist size. He or she also will check the areas of increased hair growth. You should try to allow the natural hair to grow for a few days before the visit.

Pelvic Exam. Your doctor might want to check to see if your ovaries are enlarged or swollen by the increased number of small cysts.

Blood Tests. Your doctor may check the androgen hormone and glucose(sugar) levels in your blood.

Vaginal Ultrasound (sonogram). Your doctor may perform a test that uses sound waves to take pictures of the pelvic area. It might be used to examine your ovaries for cysts and check the endometrium. This lining may become thicker if your periods are not regular.

Hope this helps, Your Beinggirl Expert Panel

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im not positiv ebut maybe you change eating habits, sleeping habits or exersizing habits lets say you exersized more than you usually do so it changed your period a bit but im not positive hope i helped ;)

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i think that it dont rlly matter. sometimes mine is brown two. maybe u are having rlly light peorids.