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Menstruation is one of those things that just becomes part of life for most women. It is also often a big relief or big disappointment when it comes – depending on whether or not you want to fall pregnant. However, sometimes it can actually cause a big fright. Have you ever heard of white tissue coming out along with your usual menstruation blood?
This is something that can happen to most women. So what exactly is it? Many will see white tissue and think that perhaps they were pregnant and had a miscarriage. However, this isn’t normally the case. Additionally, it can happen to women who can’t have fallen pregnant.
To understand this phenomenon, it’s important to understand what your menstrual period is.
What are the characteristics of menstrual blood?
Menstruation is the breaking down of your endometrium after it has built up in preparation for a fertilized embryo. The blood should be a fresh, bright red and can contain some clots as the lining comes out in clumps rather than disintegrating fully. In the first stage of menstruation and towards the end, you can see some older, darker blood coming out.
The reason for the clots is usually to do with an imbalance in hormones. This leads to you experiencing a heavy flow and the anticoagulants in your body don’t have time to break down this lining fully. This is not really a reason for concern, however, a hormone imbalance should be explored by a gynecologist if you are trying to fall pregnant.
White tissue in menstrual blood – why it happens?
Basically, this white tissue is also part of the endometrium. It’s exactly the same as the dark, bloody clots that you get but without the coloration. In fact, while it might not be all that common, it’s completely normal and can happen to women a few times throughout their fertile life.
The endometrium is the topmost layer of the uterus and it becomes thick with blood with each cycle. There is the odd time when a section of this lining is composed of mostly white blood cells, meaning it doesn’t have the usual red coloration. If this particular section comes away and doesn’t breakdown fully, it can look like a piece of skin coming out with your menstrual period. That is all it is – nothing to be worried about.
Characteristics of this white tissue
Most women who see this white tissue think that it looks like a piece of skin, or perhaps lining of the intestine or uterus. It can also look a bit like a membrane – much like the skin you would see on a chicken thigh.
What about the pain that comes with the white tissue?
When you experience clots coming out with your menstrual period, you are usually experiencing an abnormal flow. It will either be quite light – meaning low levels of progesterone – or it will be quite heavy. When you get these hormonal imbalances, you could also experience strong cramps.
This is why most women report feeling intense pain before seeing white tissue coming out. The white tissue is not the cause of the cramps and the pain, the hormonal imbalance is.
If the pain is very intense, consult your doctor. In the appointment, be sure to tell your doctor about the white tissue you saw. Your doctor will likely be confident that this white clot is a symptom of hormonal issues rather than a problem itself.
This is something that can happen to most women. So what exactly is it? Many will see white tissue and think that perhaps they were pregnant and had a miscarriage. However, this isn’t normally the case. Additionally, it can happen to women who can’t have fallen pregnant.
To understand this phenomenon, it’s important to understand what your menstrual period is.
What are the characteristics of menstrual blood?
Menstruation is the breaking down of your endometrium after it has built up in preparation for a fertilized embryo. The blood should be a fresh, bright red and can contain some clots as the lining comes out in clumps rather than disintegrating fully. In the first stage of menstruation and towards the end, you can see some older, darker blood coming out.
The reason for the clots is usually to do with an imbalance in hormones. This leads to you experiencing a heavy flow and the anticoagulants in your body don’t have time to break down this lining fully. This is not really a reason for concern, however, a hormone imbalance should be explored by a gynecologist if you are trying to fall pregnant.
White tissue in menstrual blood – why it happens?
Basically, this white tissue is also part of the endometrium. It’s exactly the same as the dark, bloody clots that you get but without the coloration. In fact, while it might not be all that common, it’s completely normal and can happen to women a few times throughout their fertile life.
The endometrium is the topmost layer of the uterus and it becomes thick with blood with each cycle. There is the odd time when a section of this lining is composed of mostly white blood cells, meaning it doesn’t have the usual red coloration. If this particular section comes away and doesn’t breakdown fully, it can look like a piece of skin coming out with your menstrual period. That is all it is – nothing to be worried about.
Characteristics of this white tissue
Most women who see this white tissue think that it looks like a piece of skin, or perhaps lining of the intestine or uterus. It can also look a bit like a membrane – much like the skin you would see on a chicken thigh.
What about the pain that comes with the white tissue?
When you experience clots coming out with your menstrual period, you are usually experiencing an abnormal flow. It will either be quite light – meaning low levels of progesterone – or it will be quite heavy. When you get these hormonal imbalances, you could also experience strong cramps.
This is why most women report feeling intense pain before seeing white tissue coming out. The white tissue is not the cause of the cramps and the pain, the hormonal imbalance is.
If the pain is very intense, consult your doctor. In the appointment, be sure to tell your doctor about the white tissue you saw. Your doctor will likely be confident that this white clot is a symptom of hormonal issues rather than a problem itself.
I also just experienced something similar to this. I had the worst cramps of my life and after taking 3 250 mg tablets of ibuprofen, they still hurt hours later. When I went to change my tampon, there was this crazy weird looking tissue on my underwear that looked like a huge chunk of the inside of my uterus had shredded off. it was a dark pink/red color and looked like thick slimy skin, and it had blood on it obviously because I'm on my period, but definitely was not all blood like a blood clot looks like. I could literally pick it up with my fingers and dangle it around... And while I sat there on the toilet with no tampon in, two more smaller chunks came out and I was super worried! I'm still not positive what it was, but after that, the pain completely went away and it has not happened again since then. I'm thinking it might be because I was off of birth control for a few months and that was my first period after getting back on the same one, so it was probably just my hormones being all out of wack.
Wrong. It's not "lubrication". Please don't act like you know what we're referring to if this has never happened to you...
I just last night had the same experience. Im 39 and still have regular but always heavy period. My clot last night was the same size as yours, with several colors. Light red, ehite, grey. Sounds nasty but i felt it. It was kind of dry , rubber feeling. I had a tubal ligation 10 years ago. First clot ive found in over 15 years but definatly first one like this ever. Did you ever get answers?
The exact same thing happened to me.
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Wondering what your thoughts are. During my period I had this loonie sized white piece of something come out. It was white and kind of looked like flesh. Has anyone experienced this or know what it is?