Hyperprolactinemia

Many people may not have heard of hyperprolactinemia, as this disease is not very common in life. However, this disease has a great impact on female friends, because this disease can cause infertility in female friends, so this disease should be taken seriously by everyone. Generally speaking, the most obvious symptom of this disease is irregular menstruation, so everyone should pay more attention to this.

If hyperprolactinemia occurs, it can cause severe swelling of the limbs, which is very scary. When you suffer from hyperlactogenic chromatosis, you should receive targeted treatment to avoid causing great harm to your body.

Hyperprolactinemia (HPRL) refers to a syndrome caused by internal and external environmental factors, characterized by elevated PRL (≥25 ng/ml), amenorrhea, galactorrhea, anovulation and infertility. In the past 20 years, great progress has been made in the physiological and biochemical research on PRL. The progress of PRL radioimmunoassay, cranial CT and MRI diagnostic techniques has improved the diagnostic level of HPRL, and its incidence has also tended to increase. At the same time, the advent of the anti-prolactin drug bromocriptine (Parlodel) and the development of transsphenoidal microsurgery have brought new developments in the diagnosis and treatment of HPRL.

1. Symptoms

Clinical manifestations

2. Menstrual disorders

Primary amenorrhea accounts for 4%, secondary amenorrhea accounts for 89%, and oligomenorrhea and oligomenorrhea account for 7%. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding and corpus luteum dysfunction range from 23% to 77%.

3. Milk leakage

Typical HPRL manifestations include amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome, which occurs in 20.84% ​​of non-tumor type and 70.58% of tumor type, and simple galactorrhea in 63-83.55%. Galactorrhea may be overt or occur when the breast is compressed and may be watery, serous, or milky. The breasts are usually normal or with lobular hyperplasia or macromastia.

IV. Others

Full body examination. Pay attention to symptoms such as acromegaly and myxedema. Gynecological examination can determine whether the genitals and sexual characteristics are atrophic or have organic lesions. When examining the breasts, pay attention to size, shape, presence of lumps, and galactorrhea due to inflammation (gently squeeze the breasts with both hands). Nature and amount of spillage.

The above is some information about hyperprolactinemia. I hope everyone can pay attention to the harm of this disease. It is normal to encounter some physical discomfort in life, but we must deal with it in time and find out the causes, so as to ensure that our body becomes healthier and our life is colorful.