What is hyperprolactinemia?

What exactly is hyperprolactinemia? Hyperprolactinemia is a common disease among women, which brings a lot of harm to female friends. Hyperprolactinemia should be treated actively. What are the causes of hyperprolactinemia? What should we pay attention to? This is a problem that most female friends do not understand. Let's take a look at it together.

Causes of Hyperprolactinemia:

1. Pituitary tumor: People with high prolactin levels all have pituitary tumors. This tumor can inhibit the secretion of gonadotropin in the pituitary gland, affect the synthesis of sex hormones in the female ovaries, and cause a significant decrease in the level of estrogen in female serum, causing ovarian dysfunction and reduced ovulation.

2. Drug factors: Long-term use of sedatives for the central nervous system may also lead to excessive prolactin in women. The more common drugs are morphine or sleeping pills, which can significantly reduce the content of catecholamines in the hypothalamus of women, causing the activity of prolactin-releasing factors produced by the hypothalamus to decrease. Therefore, it will lead to excessive secretion of prolactin.

The above is our detailed introduction on what hyperprolactinemia is. We hope it can be helpful to everyone!