Light Bleeding Instead Of Period. Is Anything Serious In This?

Posted on Mon, 4 Nov 2013

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Question : Hi im a little concerns i was due my period on 16 october there for started to bleed 14th oct then stopped was ver light bleed stopping and starting

Answered by Dr. Monika Choudhary (6 minutes later)

hello XXXX! short term bleding may be a pregnancy and the placenta when penetrates deeper sometimes little spottin goccurs. and if you started to bleed early again from expected date, you should have an obstetric exam. An ultrasound will rule out abortion partial or incomplete or threatened and management accordingly then cheers Khan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Monika Choudhary (8 minutes later)

Ok thanks i have took 3 pregnacy test but all came back nagative ? Thanks

Answered by Dr. Monika Choudhary (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: You are not pregnant, you had small menses Detailed Answer: Hi XXXXXXX Welcome to Healthcare Magic. The bleeding is probably a normal cyclical bleeding albeit a smaller one. Three times negative urine pregnancy test is reasonably good evidence to rule out pregnancy. If you still have symptoms of pregnancy or doubt then you can take serum beta hCG test which is more specific for ruling out pregnancy. But you would hardly need that. I hope the advise will be helpful for you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar