Detailed explanation of the causes of hyperprolactinemia

In recent years, hyperprolactinemia is a very common disease among women of childbearing age. It is a pituitary disease and one of the important causes of endocrine infertility in women. The clinical manifestations of the disease are irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, galactorrhea, etc., which have a great impact on women's health. So, what causes women to suffer from hyperprolactinemia? The following is a detailed explanation of the causes of hyperprolactinemia.

1. Another phenomenon of the increase of prolactin is the large number of secretory lactocytes in the body. These cells are in an uncontrolled state for a long time, secreting a large amount of hormones. At the same time, the pituitary stalk is also oppressed accordingly, so that the body's secretion is out of control. As a result, the pituitary secretion of prolactin continues to increase, causing hyperprolactinemia.

2. Non-functional hypothalamic tumors, inflammation, pituitary stalk lesions, pituitary damage, or compression of the pituitary by tumors or growths will also lead to increased secretion of pituitary prolactin and cause hyperprolactinemia.

3. The primary thyroid function declines in the body, idiopathic amenorrhea, galactorrhea and other comprehensive symptoms occur, which lead to primary thyroid dysfunction and renal insufficiency, causing diseases, and also cause an increase in prolactin.

4. Corresponding surgeries will also cause an increase in prolactin levels in the blood. For example, artificial abortion, induced abortion of stillbirth, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, etc. can all reflexively cause hyperprolactinemia.

5. Long-term abdominal pain caused by some drugs will affect the absorption and metabolism functions in the body, resulting in a continuous increase in prolactin secretion and other adverse conditions such as irregular menstruation or even amenorrhea.

The above are the important reasons why women suffer from hyperprolactinemia. Because this disease can cause the ovaries to lose the ability to respond to gonadal hormones, the continuous decrease of estrogen and progesterone will affect the normal discharge of follicles, thereby causing infertility. Therefore, I hope that the majority of patients and friends will go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible to prevent it from affecting our lives.