Several issues regarding hyperprolactinemia and pregnancy

Prolactin actually refers to a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. This hormone can stimulate the mammary glands and secrete follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. If prolactin is too high or too low, it will affect the secretion of appropriate hormones, follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, and will also affect ovulation function. So hyperprolactinemia will affect pregnancy

The main symptoms of hyperprolactinemia are amenorrhea, galactorrhea, anovulation and infertility, etc. Therefore, patients with hyperprolactinemia will be affected in having babies.

The increase of prolactin will directly affect the function of the hypothalamus, pituitary and ovarian axis, which will reduce serum estrogen and cause abnormal ovarian ovulation. As a result, follicles will not develop, ovulation will not occur and corpus luteum function will be insufficient, resulting in infertility.

For such patients, ovulation induction treatment can generally be used, with bromocriptine as the main drug, combined with other ovulation induction drugs to promote ovulation and achieve the purpose of pregnancy.