hello! I have been on implanon for three months now. and I ve had brown discharge ever since. I still get my period regularly. but once I m off it, the brown discharge returns. what is this? and is there a way I can get the brown discharge to go away?
Hello, Thanks for sharing your health concern with us. From the description you have given, I feel that you have some breakthrough bleeding throughout. This can happen during the initial months of hormone contraception as the body adjusts itself to the new hormone milieu. This can also happen when the hormone content is not sufficient and the vascularity of the endometrium is compromised. Perhaps you have to add some more progestin to arrest the discharge. Weight changes, stress, infections and sometimes cysts on the ovary can lead to such a situation. I would ask you to go for a proper clinical appraisal, a trans-vaginal sonogram, blood counts, urinalysis and plan further management accordingly. Take care.