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How to avoid Toxic Shock Syndrome

TSS can cause low blood pressure, kidney or liver failure, respiratory distress syndrome and heart failure. [Courtesy]

Menstrual cramps are a normal part of a woman’s monthly periods, but the pain, dysmenorrhea, can range from manageable to taking painkillers at least twice a day to such pain on steroids some get admitted to hospital.  

Are period cramps normal?

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