The consequences of elevated pituitary prolactin

Prolactin is a hormone secreted by the female pituitary gland. Its main function is to promote women to secrete enough milk during pregnancy to provide nutrition for newborn babies. In daily life, if a woman's pituitary prolactin is too high, it will have adverse effects. What are they specifically? Below, the editor will briefly introduce to you the adverse effects that may occur if female friends have high levels of pituitary prolactin.

symptom

1. Menstrual irregularities: 4% for primary amenorrhea, 89% for secondary amenorrhea, 7% for oligomenorrhea or too little menstruation. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding and luteal dysfunction account for 23% to 77%. Ovulatory dysfunction and luteal insufficiency are manifested by oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea and infertility, which are the most common symptoms. Other related symptoms include habitual abortion, loss of libido, hirsutism, acne, etc. Gynecological examination may reveal symptoms of estrogen deficiency, such as dry vaginal mucosa and decreased secretions.

2. Galactorrhea: Milk can be seen by squeezing both breasts, and fat droplets can be seen under the microscope. In non-tumor type, it is 20.84%. 70.52% of the tumor type. Simple galactorrhea: 63-83.55%. The breasts are usually normal or with lobular hyperplasia or macromastia.

3. Osteopenia: The long-term decrease in estrogen levels caused by HP can cause a decrease in bone density.

4. When there is a high level of prolactin, visual impairment, nervous system diseases, hypopituitarism, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and other diseases may occur.

From the above introduction, it can be seen that although pituitary prolactin is very important for female friends during the lactation stage, high levels of pituitary prolactin can also bring many adverse effects. Therefore, if female friends find that their pituitary prolactin levels are too high, they should go to the hospital for treatment in time to adjust the balance of pituitary prolactin secretion in their bodies.