On which day after menstruation should prolactin be checked?

Prolactin, also known as prolactin, is a hormone secreted by the human body. It has many functions for the human body, especially for women. During the period of female physical development, it can promote the growth and development of the breast, and after the female becomes pregnant, it will also promote the amount of milk secreted by the female. However, if prolactin is too high or too low, it will bring harm to people. People need to pay attention to it and check it on time. Menstruation will have a certain impact on prolactin. So on which day after menstruation should prolactin be checked?

Women secrete abundant prolactin in the late stages of pregnancy and during lactation to promote breast development and lactation. The highest level of prolactin in the serum of non-pregnant women generally does not exceed 20 ng/ml. If the level of prolactin in the blood is too high, it is called hyperprolactinemia. These people often have symptoms such as breast tenderness, galactorrhea, infrequent menstruation or even amenorrhea. Therefore, it is sometimes called galactorrhea-amenorrhea syndrome. Among patients with hyperprolactinemia, about 1/4 are caused by pituitary tumors, and some may be caused by hypothalamic and pituitary dysfunction, hypothyroidism, renal insufficiency, malignant tumors in other parts of the body, chest wall injury and drug effects. When there is too much prolactin in the body, it can inhibit the secretion of pituitary gonadotropin and directly affect the synthesis of ovarian sex hormones, causing low serum estrogen levels, thereby causing ovarian dysfunction, decreased ovulation, or anovulation and galactorrhea, or even amenorrhea. Treatment requires targeted medication to regulate endocrine and lower prolactin.

It is best to check prolactin on the 3rd to 5th day of menstrual bleeding. The result will be more accurate. Since your prolactin is higher than the standard value, you should continue to take medicine.

Suggestions: You can take Chinese medicine for conditioning. Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. The treatment should be based on your specific conditions such as diet, sleep, whether or not you have lactation, tongue and pulse, etc. Chinese medicine emphasizes treating the root cause, and the treatment time may be relatively long.