Patient's question:
Got hypophysitis with low estrogen and amenorrhea. I gave birth to a child five years ago, and my menstrual cycle came irregularly, with intervals of two or three months, and then it stopped. This year, I had an MRI, and it was said that there was a need for hormone tests due to hypophysitis, with extremely low estrogen. The doctor prescribed Climara and progesterone. For the headache, he prescribed anti-inflammatory and blood-activating Western medicine. My friend wants to ask if there are better treatments for hypophysitis.What kind of help is needed: What is the best way to treat hypophysitis?
Doctor's answer:
The pituitary gland often undergoes inflammatory responses due to local infection, sellar region tumors, or autoimmune reactions. Lymphocytic hypophysitis refers to inflammation of the pituitary gland caused by an autoimmune reaction and is also known as autoimmune hypophysitis. In contrast, pituitary inflammation caused by local infection and sellar region lesions is termed secondary hypophysitis. LYH is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the pituitary gland, destruction of the pituitary gland, and subsequent pituitary dysfunction. Treatment is primarily symptomatic, aiming to reduce pituitary inflammation and replace deficient pituitary hormones.