The galacteur is the inappropriate secret of a liquid that contains the mother’s bed, which appears in men or women who do not breastfeed, they are usually symptoms caused by an increase in prolactin, a hormone produced in the brain that acts and induces the formation of breast milk, called hyperprolactinemia.
The main causes of increased prolactin in the breast and lactation, although there are several causes of inadequate augmentation, including a brain tumor, the use of drugs such as neuroleptics and antidepressants, breast stimulation or certain endocrine diseases such as hypothyroidism and polycystic ovary syndrome.
- In this way.
- To treat hyperprolactinemia and galactorrhea.
- It is necessary to treat its origin.
- And therefore discontinue a drug or treat the patient who induces the production of breast milk.
The main causes of the baby’s production by the breast are breast and lactation, so the galactor is mainly presented by situations such as:
Sleep and stresses other conditions that produce increased prolactin production, however it is very rare that it causes enough changes to cause galactor.
The main symptom of hyperprolactinemia is excess prolactin in the body, so it can have a transparent, milky or bloody appearance color and appear in both breasts.
However, other signs and symptoms may occur due to the increase in this hormone, but due to the presence of tumors in the pituitary gland, it can produce variations in sex hormones, such as estrogen reduction and testosterone. The main symptoms are:
Hormonal changes may also be responsible for infertility in both men and women.
Galacteur is observed during the clinical examination, which can be spontaneous when it appears after the nipple is pressed. This diagnosis is always confirmed that baby secretion occurs in men when it appears in women who have not been breastfed in the last 6 months.
To identify the cause of the disease, your doctor will evaluate your person’s history of medication and other symptoms, and some tests may be done to look for the cause of galacteur, such as measuring prolactin in the blood, measuring TSH and T4 values for the study of thyroid and brain function needed, MRI of the brain to look for tumors, or other changes in the pituitary gland.
Galacteur treatment should be guided by the endocrinologist and vary depending on the cause of the disease. When the product is an adverse effect of one medicine, the doctor should be consulted to consider stopping the substitute for another.
When caused by a disease, it is important that it is treated appropriately, so that hormone levels remain stable, such as the replacement of thyroid hormones in hypothyroidism and the use of corticosteroids for pituitary granulomas. When the tumor is caused by a tumor, your doctor may indicate how to treat surgical removal or procedures such as radiation therapy, depending on each case.
In addition, there are drugs that can reduce the production of prolactins such as cabergoline and bromocriptine which are dopamine antagonistic drugs, in this way it is possible to control galacteur, but definitive treatment is performed.