User:Mr. Ibrahem/Hypoprolactinemia
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Hypoprolactinemia is a medical condition characterized by a lack of prolactin, a hypothalamic-pituitary hormone.[2] Symptoms include the inability to produce milk after childbirth.[1] Usually it occurs together with hypopituitarism.[1] Other complications may include infertility and sexual dysfunction.[2]
Hypoprolactinemia | |
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Other names | Prolactin deficiency |
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Prolactin | |
Specialty | Gynecology |
Symptoms | Inability to produce milk after childbirth[1] |
Complications | Infertility, sexual dysfunction[2] |
Causes | Sheehan syndrome, pituitary surgery, traumatic brain injury, genetics[1][3][2] |
Diagnostic method | Blood tests[4] |
Treatment | Formula feeding the baby[5] |
Frequency | 8 per 100,000 (Spain, 1999)[2] |
Causes include Sheehan syndrome, pituitary surgery, traumatic brain injury, and certain genetic mutations.[1][3][2] Diagnosis is by blood tests for prolactin, after being given thyrotropin.[4][6] Confirming the diagnosis; however, is not necessarily required as there is no specific treatment.[6]
While some evidence supports the use of recombinant human prolactin, it is not currently approved for medical use.[2][7] Treatment generally involves formula feeding the baby.[5] Prolactin deficiency alone is rare.[2] It occurs in about 17% of cases of hypopituitarism or about 8 per 100,000 people in Spain as of 1999.[2]