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Hyperprolactinemia means you have higher-than-normal levels of prolactin in your blood. The most common cause is a prolactinoma, a benign (noncancerous) tumor in your pituitary gland. Certain health conditions and medications can also cause hyperprolactinemia. What is hyperprolactinemia?
Higher-than-normal levels of prolactin in your blood can cause certain symptoms, such as irregular periods, infertility and erectile dysfunction. What is prolactin? Prolactin (also known as lactotropin and PRL) is a hormone that’s responsible for lactation, certain breast tissue development and contributes to hundreds of other bodily processes.
When the amount of serum prolactin exceeds the upper limit, we call it hyperprolactinemia. The common causes of hyperprolactinemia can be physiological, pathological, or drug-induced. Patients with hyperprolactinemia may remain asymptomatic or can present with signs and symptoms of hypogonadism and galactorrhea.
A prolactinoma is diagnosed based on an elevated blood level of prolactin and evidence of a mass in the pituitary gland, as seen by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Because other conditions can cause an elevated prolactin level, those potential causes must be evaluated as well.
Hyperprolactinemia is a medical condition in which excess prolactin is produced. Prolactin is a hormone involved in the production of milk in a woman's breast. Research has also shown that...
Hyperprolactinemia is a condition in which a person has higher than normal levels of the hormone prolactin in the blood. Hyperprolactinemia can lead to menstrual disturbances, estrogen deficiency and testosterone deficiency, infertility, and breast milk production (galactorrhea).
High levels of prolactin, also known as hyperprolactinemia, can cause infertility in women. Periods can become irregular. If your levels are very high -- up to 1,000 times the upper limit of...
Hyperprolactinemia is marked by abnormally high levels of the hormone prolactin (which stimulates breast milk production during and after pregnancy) in the blood. It is caused by a benign tumor (prolactoma) in the pituitary gland, which controls production of this hormone.
Prolactin levels typically return to normal levels when the baby is weaned and a woman is no longer breastfeeding, causing the menstrual cycle to resume. Sometimes, however, prolactin levels are high at other times; this condition is called hyperprolactinemia.
Hyperprolactinemia occurs when prolactin levels are high in females or males. Although high prolactin is normal during pregnancy and breastfeeding, high levels outside of pregnancy may be the result of diseases or drugs that directly or indirectly affect the pituitary gland.