an introduction
The human body produces hormones in general to regulate the various biological processes in the body, and therefore any imbalance in the ratios of one of these hormones, either increase or decrease will inevitably cause problems reflected on the human body and health and hormones necessary for the human body hormone known as milk hormone or prolactin hormone Prolactin hormone, Regardless of its name, the milk hormone is present in men and women, but its function for men is unknown until now. It is secreted from a small gland in the brain called the pituitary gland, but at different rates.
Rate of milk hormone
In general, the rate of milk hormone in the blood starts from 3 ng / ml and up to 30 ng / ml and it changes in blood according to the situation and varies during the day and it is the highest level during sleep and after waking up a little and also increases in cases of physical and emotional stress, The normal range is less than 15 ng / ml, and the non-pregnant woman is less than 20 ng / ml and the pregnant woman has between 10 ng / ml and up to 300 ng / ml, about 10 to 20 times the normal range Is normal during pregnancy and childbirth, so as to prepare breast for The result of milk for breastfeeding is that breastfeeding stimulates the breast to produce more milk. The mother’s failure to breastfeed leads to a return of the milk hormone to the normal level and consequently the lack of milk production. After a few months of breastfeeding, the level of the hormone returns to normal . Mother’s reliance on breast-feeding naturally gives her a high rate of contraception during the first six months, but this does not mean that other contraceptives are not used.
Symptoms of high milk hormone
There are a few symptoms of high blood hormone or prolactin in the blood Hyperprolactinemia and include local symptoms such as headaches and the feeling of pressure on the optic nerves, as for other symptoms, they appear as complications of the situation and as a result of damage, and signs that show the weakness of the man’s sexual ability, And the growth and decline of the chest and sometimes may occur secretion of milk from the breasts. As for women, it appears in the form of disturbances in the menstrual cycle and sometimes in the absence of long periods, and the continuous flow of milk from the breasts, a drought in the genital canal, sexual coldness and weakness in sexual desire, and in advanced stages leading to infertility.
Causes of high milk hormone rate
There are several reasons for the high rate of milk hormone, including:
- Physiological causes We mean anxiety, stress, mental disorders, stress, sleep disorders, and sexual contact.
- Female hormones estrogen and progesterone at pregnancy, in the second half of the menstrual cycle, and lactation, these are all natural and logical reasons for the high rate of this hormone in the blood.
- Medical causes include:
- Pituitary disorders that affect the secretion of this hormone increase or decrease, or the presence of tumors in the pituitary gland and its cells, which in turn leads to a rise in the rate of the hormone.
- Polycystic ovaries cause this change.
- Drugs that cause this condition as a kind of side effects, including some drugs of pressure, and some drugs that address the psychological problems and drugs of depression and sedatives, as well as medicines for epilepsy and those used for nausea.
There are temporary situations affecting some male and female children after birth so that some milk flows from their breasts, and this condition is caused by the impact of their mother, but their effect disappears quickly.