What are "menstrual cramps"?

What are "menstrual cramps"?

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Menstrual cramps are contractions of the muscular organ in the uterus. So, what happens is that as the time of menstruation approaches, the hormones change in the body. The prostigland are what we call the hormones that are released, they cause contractions of this muscle and cause pain. In some women if the menstruations are becoming more and more painful with time with age, that could also signal other problems: fibroids, tumors of the uterus, and endometriosis can result in pain before periods. So those are the things that if it changes they need to look into, but if it's always the same, then it's not a problem it's the contraction of the muscle and it's nothing to worry about.