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Can you please explain why some women get cramps and others do not?
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It may have to do : With how they are responding to prostaglandins or hormones. Reasons for significant menstrual cramps can be endometriosis, cervical stenosis, uterine fibroids, adenomyosis & pelvic inflammatory disease.
Answered 9/11/2013
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