How can a woman produce milk when she is not pregnant?

The breast milk of pregnant women is mainly secreted for the baby, because the gastrointestinal system of the baby is not in a very sound stage when it is just born. At this time, the mother's breast milk is very important, because the baby's stomach and intestines will not have an immune reaction only to the mother's breast milk. The reason why pregnant women produce milk is because of progesterone, but if a woman is not pregnant, why does she have milk?

1. How can I have milk if I am not pregnant?

1. In the absence of pregnancy, milk secretion is a pathological phenomenon, and this disease is called "hyperprolactinemia". Patients with hyperprolactinemia, in addition to galactorrhea, often also have varying degrees of menstrual disorders. Severe cases may even experience symptoms such as amenorrhea, hair loss, weight gain, headache, visual impairment, and genital atrophy, forming a group of diseases with galactorrhea, amenorrhea, and infertility as the main manifestations, also known as "galactorrhea-amenorrhea syndrome."

2. There are many causes of hyperprolactinemia, including hypothalamic disorders, pituitary disorders, primary hypothyroidism, drug factors, nerve stimulation, etc. If people stay up late for a long time and have irregular work and rest schedules, the body's biological clock will be disrupted, and the regulation of the "hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian" gonadal axis may be broken, which in turn causes hyperprolactinemia.

3. The secretion of milk by non-pregnant women is also called "hyperprolactinemia". Patients with hyperprolactinemia, in addition to galactorrhea, are often accompanied by varying degrees of menstrual disorders. In severe cases, they may even experience symptoms such as amenorrhea, hair loss, weight gain, headache, visual impairment, and genital atrophy, forming a group of diseases with galactorrhea, amenorrhea, and infertility as the main manifestations, also known as "galactorrhea and amenorrhea syndrome." However, regardless of the severity of the symptoms, the main cause is the excessive production of prolactin.

4. A woman's breasts will secrete milk only after giving birth. However, some unmarried girls may suddenly find wet stains on their bras. If you squeeze your breasts occasionally, you can see a white liquid similar to milk flowing out. To explain the reason, we must first understand the production of milk after women give birth: the development of women's breasts is mainly affected by the effects of estrogen and progesterone secreted by the ovaries.

The above is about the situation of secreting milk without being pregnant. It is generally pathological and the causes are multifaceted. Some are due to sleep or mental factors, and some are caused by breast squeezing. Because the secretion of milk is affected by hormones in the body, if symptoms of high prolactin appear, timely treatment is required, and it may even cause gynecological diseases.