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What Causes Foul Smelling Menstrual Bleeding?
I am a 46 year old woman, very heavy cycles, have a diagnosis of intromysysosis(I completely destroyed the word, sorry, it was explained to me I bleed into the walls of my uterus, my uterus is about 2.5 to 3 times normal size, its hardened...I am paraphrasing) Anyway, I have a new symptom, my menstal blood has a strong offensive odor. Sulfur like. No new meds, no new diets, same brand tampons..my pap was normal.
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Mon, 29 Jun 2015
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foul smelling menstural blood...indicative of infection...if its fishy indicates bacterial vaginosis...u need to visit ur gynec..n get treated fr d same.
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