What is the cause of high prolactin in women?

There are many reasons why women have high levels of prolactin. Once you find that it is too high, you must go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Don’t think it is nothing. If you delay it, it may affect future fertility and other conditions. So you must pay attention to it. For your own health, don’t procrastinate and seek treatment immediately. So why do women have high levels of prolactin?

Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone secreted by specialized cells concentrated on both sides of the posterior pituitary gland. It originates from the same cells as growth hormone. The secretion of prolactin is pulsatile and varies greatly throughout the day. The pulse amplitude of prolactin secretion increases rapidly within 1 hour of sleep, then the secretion remains at a high level during sleep and begins to decline after waking up. The serum prolactin concentration at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning is twice that at noon.

The secretion of prolactin is affected by many factors. In addition, drugs such as progesterone, dexamethasone, cortisol, and acute stress situations such as intense physical activity and trauma can cause increased secretion of prolactin. Excessive prolactin levels can also cause the ovaries to lose their ability to respond to gonadotropins, significantly reducing the synthesis of estrogen and progesterone, causing estrogen, which plays an important role in the conception process, to be at a low level, directly affecting the fertility function. When the amount of sex hormones decreases to a certain level, patients will experience many symptoms similar to those of female menopause.

High levels of prolactin in women are not a good thing. This is closely related to daily living habits. Therefore, it is very important to have good living habits and conditions. However, many people do not understand this. They always wait until bad symptoms appear before they think about taking care of their bodies. Sometimes they find it is too late. Therefore, for the sake of health, we must take care of ourselves in normal times.