Galactorrhoea

Description:

Galactorrhoea — the pathological spontaneous expiration of milk from mammary glands out of communication with process of feeding of the child.

Galactorrhoea symptoms:

The galactorrhoea can have various degree of manifestation - from small periodic allocations (allocation of one-two drops from mammary glands when pressing on a mammary gland is norm) to constant and plentiful. The galactorrhoea can be unilateral.

Galactorrhoea reasons:

Origins of a galactorrhoea Considering the fact that the lactation is regulated by several hormones, there is a lot of origins of a galactorrhoea. Nevertheless, most often the reason of a galactorrhoea remains obscure. Such type of allocations is called an idiopathic galactorrhoea. Among other origins of it a state it should be noted the following: hypophysis tumors (a prolaktinoma, a somatotropinoma) dysfunctions of a hypothalamus (a hypothalamus tumor, a prelum from the outside, injuries) long reception of some drugs (Chlorpromazinum, Methyldopa, morphine, some oral contraceptives, Metoclopramidum) of a disease of a thyroid gland (a hyperthyroidism, a hypothyroidism) of a disease of adrenal glands (Addison's disease, tumors of adrenal glands emitting estrogen) reflex activation (suction or mechanical stimulation of mammary glands, stimulation of a chest nerve during operations, after injuries, burns, at shingles, mastitis) damage of a liver and kidneys (a liver and renal failure) of a disease of ovaries (a syndrome of polycystic ovaries)

Treatment of the Galactorrhoea:

At identification of the reason of a galactorrhoea possible elimination is carried out it. If the explicit reason is not revealed, and there is increased prolactin level, the drugs reducing its level in blood are appointed. Such medicine is Bromkriptin. Suppressing release of prolactin, this drug eliminates a galactorrhoea.