Lactation is a normal physiological situation for pregnant and breastfeeding women. But can women have lactation without pregnancy? What to do if girls and women who never were pregnant are suffering from lactation? How and why a virgin girl can have lactation? Unfortunately it is the symptom of stress or pathological situation called "hyperprolactinemia". Prolactin is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland, which lies under the brain in the skull. Increased levels of prolactin will occur for several reasons. They occur naturally in pregnancy and lactation but will also be raised in stress. This hormone stimulates lactation in women and its presence in concentrations higher than normal in non-lactating women is termed as "hyperprolactinemia". Excess of the hormone prolactin can also lead to metabolic imbalances. What are the causes of hyperprolactinemia? What are the other symptoms? Read more ...
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