Can hyperprolactinemia cause dystocia?

What should you do if you unfortunately suffer from hyperprolactinemia during pregnancy or breastfeeding? These mothers face the difficult choice of "saving the child or saving themselves" during pregnancy. Some mothers even died of hyperprolactinemia soon after becoming mothers. This is so sad. Therefore, hyperprolactinemia during breastfeeding and pregnancy should not be underestimated.

There are many causes of hyperprolactinemia, such as unreasonable diet, excessive animal protein intake, environmental pollution, and high work pressure, which may cause the body's immune system to become disordered and stimulate tumor formation. There is a common view that women who do not give birth or breastfeed are more likely to develop hyperprolactinemia, but it cannot be ignored that women during pregnancy and lactation are also at high risk of hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy. This is because the hormone levels in pregnant and lactating women change greatly, and the secretion of estrogen and progesterone is vigorous, which stimulates the growth of hyperprolactinemia.

However, hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy is easily misdiagnosed or delayed. Because women will experience hyperplasia and swelling under hormone stimulation during pregnancy, many lumps and lactation at this time will be considered normal physiological reactions during pregnancy, and patients and doctors should not notice them. At the same time, hyperplasia and swelling will affect the accuracy of visual examination and palpation, and inspection and identification will be difficult. Due to breast enlargement and increased tissue density, X-ray examinations are often difficult to show tumors, which also brings certain difficulties to early diagnosis.

Hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy can be easily confused with inflammation. From the appearance point of view, hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy has extensive skin changes, often involving the entire breast, and the color is dark red or purple red; from the perspective of lymph nodes, the axillary lymph nodes of hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy are enlarged and hard, adhered to the skin and surrounding tissues, and are inactive when pushed by hand; from the perspective of systemic symptoms, hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy usually has no obvious systemic inflammatory response, such as: accompanied by fever, it is low fever; from the perspective of the course of the disease, hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy is a serious condition, and anti-inflammatory treatment is ineffective.

If abnormal breast symptoms occur during pregnancy or lactation, you should seek medical attention immediately. Pregnant and lactating women should observe their breasts more frequently. If there are subtle signs of inflammation or lumps, it is best to go to a specialist hospital for treatment. If necessary, an ultrasound examination can be performed. It should be noted that if the pregnancy is more than three months, receiving color ultrasound will not affect the health of the fetus.

The key to early detection and treatment of hyperprolactinemia during lactation and pregnancy is whether women themselves pay attention to self-care.