Spotting and Discharge OR Blood-tinged Discharge???

**Katie35801** · 11-03-2010 07:20 AM

If a person spotted first, then months later started experiencing thin discharge (that smells)......how can one tell if the 2 are mixing and making the discharge look blood-tinged? Cause it's not constant, like the majority of the time the discharge has no signs of blood.

**ItsASecret** · 11-03-2010 08:56 AM

They can be separate issues. Spotting can simply be spotting, all women experience it. Discharge again all women experience it. We will all have a clear or white discharge around ovulation and our period it is really no big deal. The time to have concerns is if the discharge is white and chunky, green/yellow mucus like, or has a smell accompanied by itching, swelling, redness, soreness, or burning. In that case it is likely an infection which needs to be treated by a doctor.

**Katie35801** · 11-03-2010 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by ItsASecret

They can be separate issues. Spotting can simply be spotting, all women experience it. Discharge again all women experience it. We will all have a clear or white discharge around ovulation and our period it is really no big deal. The time to have concerns is if the discharge is white and chunky, green/yellow mucus like, or has a smell accompanied by itching, swelling, redness, soreness, or burning. In that case it is likely an infection which needs to be treated by a doctor.

Mine has been going on for a while, as this is new to me. I didn't realize what it was until it got worse.
This is gross and probably TMI, but I finally collected the discharge in a clear glass (drops of it). It's a yellow/tan/gray looking, thin/almost cloudy, and my husband said it smells like dead fish/must.
I experience itching on the outside of the labia/genitals. But I have eczema and thought it was that.
I also have had pain after peeing. Pelvic pain. Irregular light bleeding.

**lizzardb63** · 11-03-2010 09:41 AM

If it has a bad smell and it is brownish, it can be old blood, but if it doesn't go away, you may have some sort of infection. Best bet would be to go see your Gyno

**lizzardb63** · 11-03-2010 09:42 AM

Sounds a lot like a yeast infection

**Katie35801** · 11-03-2010 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by lizzardb63

Sounds a lot like a yeast infection

I thought yeast was white cottage cheese looking discharge?

**ItsASecret** · 11-03-2010 09:50 AM

Yeast does have cottage cheese-like texture. The green/yellow/brown 'snot' looking stuff is often a bacterial infection. Either way, both can be treated by visiting a doctor.

**Katie35801** · 11-03-2010 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by ItsASecret

Yeast does have cottage cheese-like texture. The green/yellow/brown 'snot' looking stuff is often a bacterial infection. Either way, both can be treated by visiting a doctor.

This does not look like snot.
It's more watery and cloudy looking. Very thin.

**loulou36** · 11-03-2010 11:20 AM

hello katie you commented on my post, and i have just noticed yours,so r you spotting all the time like me?r you on bc?how old r you? like the other woman said on here it could just be a simple infection,also spotting can also be due to polyps(no cancerous)95% of the time,you describe your discharge as being the same as mine but mine isnt smelly just very watery and lots of it aaeerrrggg horrible stuff

i have been checked for infection and all woz well so im at a bit of a loss myself,anyway if i find out any more info il keep you posted,try visit your gp tho,,hugs xxxx

**Katie35801** · 11-03-2010 12:25 PM

Loulou36-
I'm 32, not on BC as husband is fixed. I have 5 kids. I am also about 50 pounds overweight. Never had any issues before these. And severe anxiety/depression. My periods have been pretty normal, occassional spotting but mainly at ovulation time.
Mine started as a yellowish/Grayish super thin discharge, it's not clear but more cloudy I guess. Then more spotting started happening, especially after a BM. Then actually light bleeding at ovulation time. Then periods were light but lasting longer. And now Im confused cause it *seems* like it's getting better. (I started taking Iron, acidophilus, vitamin c, and just started on folic acid)
I haven't seen a doctor basically because I am homebound with anxiety.
You seem to have more bleeding and I seem to have more discharge.
Is your bleeding light?