Discharge

[smurfchops]

Can a sixty year old woman who hasn't had periods since 2003, get a bad-odour discharge which isn't anything to worry about? My mother had two samples taken which both went away for analysis (my mum was so worried she had the test done twice, as the first one came back clear, as did the second). Pale brown, not blood, and lasts about four or five days during the month only, not all the time. She is worried about ovarian cancer. Is this a symptom ? Doctor said it was hormonal ... could this be correct, and if so, why the smell?

[sqad617]

Smelly vaginal disharge is abnormal at any age. It is NOT a symptom of ovarian cancer. Swabs taken which did not grow any organisms would suggest it might be a cervical erosion...ulcer at the base of the womb. You shoulld see a Gynaecologist.