Passing clots and tissue during period

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-22-2008
Passing clots and tissue during period
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Sat, 03-22-2008 - 5:38pm

For the past year or so during my period I have had bouts of severe cramping followed by the passing of clots or what appears to be strips of tissue. Could I be shedding my uterus lining in strips? My gynecologist just told me to take extra ibuprofen, but I'm still disturbed by this. Could this be something serious?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2008
Tue, 03-25-2008 - 8:24pm

I had a hysterectomy 2 1/2 yrs ago. I was having what you are describing also, but my periods were also lasting about 2 weeks. I would bleed very heavy and then have clotting and then a gross discharge for about a week of very stringy brown discharge. I ended up having a very large fibroid tumor in my uterus (it was not cancerous). My periods were very painful also.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-23-2004
Thu, 03-27-2008 - 8:11pm

Welcome eap33.


Since you say "for the past year or so", I am guessing that your periods haven't always been this way.


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