What are the dangers of high pituitary prolactin in men

High levels of pituitary prolactin in men have a relatively high incidence rate and are also very harmful to men. Some men have a very poor quality of sex life due to this disease, and it also causes other diseases, so the harm to the body is relatively serious. Therefore, if you have this disease, you must receive effective treatment as soon as possible to recover as soon as possible.

If the level of prolactin in the blood is too high, it is called hyperprolactinemia. These people often have breast pain, galactorrhea, scanty menstruation or even amenorrhea. Therefore, it is sometimes called galactorrhea-amenorrhea syndrome. Among patients with hyperprolactinemia, about 1/4 are caused by pituitary tumors, and some may be caused by hypothalamic and pituitary dysfunction, hypothyroidism, renal insufficiency, malignant tumors in other parts of the body, chest wall damage and drug effects. It is recommended that you go to a hospital for detailed examination and seek medical attention as soon as possible.

1. Hypothalamic disorders: Diseases of the hypothalamus and its surrounding areas, such as encephalitis, pineal tumors, cranio-pharyngeal tumors, partial hypothalamic infarction, pseudotumor cerebri, and pituitary stalk resection, can all cause a decrease in prolactin-inhibiting factor produced by the hypothalamus, or an increase in prolactin-releasing factor and thyroid-stimulating hormone-releasing factor. People with this disorder often have delayed development of secondary sexual characteristics and irregular menstruation during puberty.

2. Pituitary disorders: mainly various tumors in the pituitary gland. In addition, some vacuolar sella syndrome and hyperpituitarism can also cause galactorrhea and amenorrhea.

3. Primary hypothyroidism: The thyroid gland and the breast gland, one in the neck and the other in the chest, seem to be two unrelated organs, but in fact, the endocrine relationship between the two is particularly close. When the thyroid gland is hypofunctioning, the information of insufficient thyroid secretion is fed back to the hypothalamus, causing the hypothalamus to produce a large amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone-releasing factor. This factor, when stimulating the pituitary gland to secrete thyroid-stimulating hormone, can also stimulate the excessive secretion of pituitary prolactin and cause galactorrhea.

4. Nerve stimulation: Irritation of certain parts of the skin, especially the chest, including severe pain caused by peripheral nerve damage, can be transmitted to the hypothalamus through nerves and cause an increase in prolactin. Such as chest surgery, burns, herpes zoster on the chest and back, etc.

What are the dangers of high male pituitary prolactin? The above is a detailed introduction. I believe that many patients who understand the above content and know the harm it does to the body must actively receive treatment as soon as possible in order to improve as soon as possible. Only in this way can their high male pituitary prolactin reach a normal standard after treatment, so as not to cause harm to the body.