In both cases, mentioned above, vaginal secretions can be stringy, but they are normally clear and white, sometimes slightly yellowish, but not dark. If your stretchy vaginal discharge is brown, it means that your cervical mucus is mixed with the deoxygenated blood. So, you need to determine the cause of this scanty breakthrough bleeding. During which part of your cycle it usually happens and how often also matters a lot. So, better discuss your bothersome symptoms with a specialist to get professional recommendations.
Brown Stringy Discharge: Possible Causes
Previously we found out, that brown discharge is absolutely normal only at the beginning of your menstruation or right after it. If dark stretchy vaginal secretions appear in the middle of the cycle, they can be caused by various health problems, body age transformations or changes in hormone levels.
1. Brown discharge, preceding menarche.
Before first menstruation teenage girls may have brownish discharge with stringy clots. This is a way how a young female organism prepares for menstruation. Moreover, such discharge can appear from time to time until the cycle will be stabilized completely. Some periods may be missed and brown stringy discharge may appear instead of them.