Hyperprolactinaemia is the excessive presence of the prolactin hormone in the blood. Where a person carries higher than normal levels of prolactin, which can happen to both male and female, such a person is said to have hyperprolactinaemia.
Prolactin is the hormone responsible for milk production after pregnancy and delivery. The hormone itself is produced by the pituitary gland.
WHAT CAUSES HYPERPROLACTINEMIA?
Hyperprolactinemia usually occurs as a result of any or more of the following:
- Formulation Of A Tumor: Where a benign(non-cancerous and mild) tumor develops in the pituitary gland, the growth would cause the secretion of excessive prolactin and at the same time decrease other hormones.
- Diseases: A disease that affects the hypothalamus(a small portion of the brain which is located near the pituitary gland) would result to hyperprolactinemia. Examples of some of such diseases are anorexia, birth defects and genetic disorders.
- Kidney failure
- Chronic liver diseases.
- Injuries to the chest wall such as chest wall contusion, shingles, gun shots wounds, blunt injury to the heart, rib fractures, cardiac tamponade etc.
- Hypothyroidism – inability of the thyroid gland to produce the required thyroid hormones.
SYMPTOMS.
A person with hyperprolactinemia would experience the following symptoms:
- Pain in the breast
- Irregular or zero menstrual periods.
- Seeping of breast milk when not pregnant nor breast feeding
- No ovulation.
- Break outs (acne)
- Hirsutism – hair growth on places that are considered abnormal for a woman, for example, on the chest, stomach, chin, upper lip.
TREATMENT.
The treatment of hyperprolactinemia will be aimed at returning the prolactin to normal levels so that the body returns back to its normal functions and the above symptoms disappear.
The good news is that hyperprolactinemia is treatable with REBOFLA EXTRA CAPSULE.
