Increased pituitary prolactin is not necessarily a pituitary tumor, but may also be associated with drug factors, hypothyroidism and other causes.
1. Drug factors: such as taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, estrogens, blood pressure-lowering drugs may lead to an increase in prolactin.
2. Hypothyroidism: can feedback stimulation of the hypothalamus, so that the thyrotropin-releasing hormone increases and stimulate the increase of prolactin, and at the same time, because of its low consumption, so that the slow inactivation of prolactin and lead to increased prolactin.
3. Other causes may also include prolonged high mental stress, strenuous exercise, trauma, late pregnancy and breastfeeding may also be increased prolactin phenomenon.
If you find that the pituitary gland has an increase in prolactin, it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions to carry out the relevant tests in order to clarify the specific causes.