Causes of high testosterone and prolactin

Testosterone and prolactin are hormones related to estrogen in the female body, but the secretion of testosterone is not unique to women. The high secretion of testosterone and prolactin will disrupt the secretion of estrogen to a certain extent. Estrogen is undoubtedly very important to women. Its disorder will cause irregular menstruation in women and even affect normal reproductive function. Their high secretion is related to many factors.

Causes of high testosterone:

1. Hyperfunction of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, mostly due to increased secretion of gonadotropin caused by adenohypophysial tumors, leading to increased testosterone and testosterone;

2. Caused by ovarian masculinization changes, polycystic ovary syndrome, ovarian masculinization tumors, etc., can cause increased testosterone secretion;

3. Some other diseases, such as lung cancer, thymic cancer, etc., will lead to increased secretion of exogenous gonadotropin, resulting in increased testosterone content;

4. Caused by drug factors: Taking hormone drugs will cause an increase in testosterone levels.

Causes of high prolactin

1. Nerve stimulation: When certain parts of the body, especially the skin on the chest, are stimulated, or the nerves around the chest are damaged, causing severe pain, the pain will be transmitted to the hypothalamus through the nervous system, causing an increase in prolactin.

2. Pituitary disorders: mainly refers to various tumors in the pituitary gland.

3. Drug factors: High prolactin is affected by many factors. For example, some drugs, intense physical activities, trauma and other acute situations can cause increased prolactin secretion.

4. Primary hypothyroidism: When the thyroid function declines, the hypothalamus will receive information about insufficient thyroid secretion and produce a large amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone-releasing factor. This factor will stimulate the pituitary gland to secrete thyroid-stimulating hormone while also stimulating the pituitary gland to secrete a large amount of prolactin, thereby causing galactorrhea.

5. Hypothalamic disorders: Women's hypothalamic diseases and diseases in nearby parts will reduce the prolactin-inhibiting factor produced by the hypothalamus, or increase the thyroid-stimulating hormone-releasing factor and prolactin-releasing factor.