Patient's question:
If you haven't had a period for a year and take progesterone, it comes back. If you don't take it, it doesn't. There is a small amount of galactorrhea. Some doctors say it's galactorrhea syndrome.Doctor's answer:
Hyperprolactinemia is often caused by pituitary tumors, hypothalamic tumors, extrapituitary tumors, or hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction. It can also be triggered by the use of birth control pills, chlorpromazine, phenothiazine, reserpine, methyldopa, metoclopramide, hypothyroidism, shingles, prolonged breast sucking, oophorectomy, hysterectomy, cholecystectomy, pituitary stalk resection, head trauma, menopause, and adrenal cortical dysfunction. Diagnosis and treatment can be conducted.