Hyperprolactinaemia

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• Synonyms

  • High prolactin level

• Causes

  • Prolactinoma
  • Growth hormone-secreting adenoma
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis malfunction
  • Metoclopramide
  • Phenothiazine
  • Sulpiride
  • Atypical antipsychotic
  • Reserpine
  • Coitus
  • Epileptic seizure
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome
  • Hormonal change in pregnancy
  • Oral contraceptive pill
  • Chronic renal failure

• Effects

  • Galactorrhoea
  • Amenorrhoea
  • Impotence
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Anovulatory cycle
  • Osteoporosis

• Parents

  • Sex hormone imbalance