15 Reasons why you may be spotting before your period
When should you see a doctor for spotting between periods?
While spotting between periods may not be alarming, it may be a symptom of a more severe condition. If you do experience frequent spotting and it's accompanied by other symptoms like pain, heavy bleeding, fever, or itching, visit your doctor. They may conduct a pelvic exam, blood tests, or sonography to rule out some of the conditions we went through earlier.
How is spotting treated?
Your treatment will depend on the reasons behind your spotting. For example, you may need to take antibiotics for a pelvic infection or STI, but hormone medicines to correct an imbalance. Some conditions like endometriosis, fibroids, and cancer may even require surgery.
Summary
Spotting between periods can be due to many reasons, and while most do not require any interventions, others are more serious, and you may need your doctor to look into them. Understanding the reasons behind spotting and recognizing spotting patterns is often the first step to finding a solution. As they say, prevention is better than cure!
References
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- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/73936.php
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299419/
- https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/bleeding-during-pregnancy
- https://blog.inito.com/implantation-bleeding-vs-periods/
- https://blog.inito.com/ovulation-bleeding/
- https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/uterine
- https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/uterine/conditioninfo
- https://www.endofound.org/endometriosis
- https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003156.htm
- https://www.acog.org/Patients/FAQs/Bleeding-During-Pregnancy
