Empleo de un nuevo protocolo de extracción y disminución de las falsas hiperprolactinemias

Physiological and Pathological Hyperprolactinemia: Can We Minimize Errors in the Clinical Practice?

“…Serum prolactin rises in a progressive way during gestation, but in a variable manner (18)(19). At the end, the mean value is around 200 ng/ml but the range is 35-600.…”

“…Nipple suction, probably by neural via, during breastfeeding, rises the serum values of prolactin, especially in the first weeks after giving birth in direct relation to the lactotroph hypertrophy by the estrogenic stimulus of the pregnancy (18)(19)(20) 3. Stress…”

“…In male, the 60% are macroadenomas and it is because the poor symptoms, the delay of the medical visit for erectile dysfunction or a higher growth rate (19).…”

“…The hyperprolactine grade depends on the drug, for example, haloperidol can provoke rises lower than 20 ng/ml, but the risperidone can raise it over 100 ng/ml (19).…”

“…Hypothalamic and pituitary stalk lesions can cause light or moderated hyperprolactinemia, normally less than 150 ng/ml (18)(19)23).…”