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Living Well: Dealing with menstrual cramps
Painful periods? Get help
The monthly ordeal, commonly caused by endometriosis, can be debilitating and take a physical and emotional toll on sufferers
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Ms Nabilah Abby was 20 when she started having severe menstrual cramps, but the doctor told her she was overreacting.
Two years later, the pain became so intense that she fainted just before her period started.
