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Cramping pelvic pain

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Cramping pain is a deep squeezing muscular pain that is usually caused by muscles of the digestive tract or the uterus contracting.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

14 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Very common

Types of

Muscle cramps or spasms
Legs cramping
Cramping abdominal pain
Heat cramps
Cramping in lower abdomen
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Is Symptom of

Painful bladder syndrome
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Food-borne illness (food poisoning)
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