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What Cause Blood On Clothes After Intercourse?

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Posted on Fri, 10 Oct 2014
Question: My wife is 67, we are still sexually active. She's had a hysterectomy. here recently we've notice a little blood on wash cloth after sexual intercourse. Is this something to be concerned about?
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Answered by Dr. Madhuri N Bagde (6 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
common reason is thin vaginal cover due to low hormones.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to HCM,
I am Dr Madhuri a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and will be helping you with your queries.
A bit of blood after intercourse is most commonly due to a condition called atrophic vaginits or senile vaginitis that is very common at this age. In this the vaginal lining becomes thin. It occurs due to low hormone levels and responds very well to estrogen creams.

Other reasons may be trauma due to friction. Very rare causes may be a vault cancer or a polyp. So just get her examined by a gynecologist and a per speculum examination as well as a pap smear from vault and a culture swab will help establish a diagnosis and then proper treatment can be instituted.

Also it would be extremely helpful to know when the hysterectomy was done and what was the reason for the procedure?

So do not worry. Just get an evaluation.

Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
[You may also ask me direct questions at the following link. http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-madhuri-n-bagde/66844 Thanks!!]
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What Cause Blood On Clothes After Intercourse?

Brief Answer: common reason is thin vaginal cover due to low hormones. Detailed Answer: Hello and welcome to HCM, I am Dr Madhuri a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and will be helping you with your queries. A bit of blood after intercourse is most commonly due to a condition called atrophic vaginits or senile vaginitis that is very common at this age. In this the vaginal lining becomes thin. It occurs due to low hormone levels and responds very well to estrogen creams. Other reasons may be trauma due to friction. Very rare causes may be a vault cancer or a polyp. So just get her examined by a gynecologist and a per speculum examination as well as a pap smear from vault and a culture swab will help establish a diagnosis and then proper treatment can be instituted. Also it would be extremely helpful to know when the hysterectomy was done and what was the reason for the procedure? So do not worry. Just get an evaluation. Hope this satisfies your query. Thanks for using HCM. Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have. Dr Madhuri Bagde Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist [You may also ask me direct questions at the following link. http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-madhuri-n-bagde/66844 Thanks!!]