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I am a married gal. I love the outdoors! I absolutely love going on road trips. My favorite state is GA. I have 2 tattoos. I love drums+music. Polar Pops are a must have. Church is very important to me. I am an aunt to only 4 legged animals; which I love but I hate.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Prolactinoma


Prolactinoma is a tumor that occurs on the pituitary gland. It is a benign tumor. It is also the most common pituitary tumor that people are diagnosed with. Statistically in the US, 25 percent of people have pituitary tumors, and 40 percent of those individuals have prolactinoma tumors.
A prolactinoma tumor does present symptoms in indiviuals. Some of the symptoms that may occur will be headaches, blurry vision, lactation, variation in the menstrual cycle of women, and possible a decline in sex drive. If the tumor is big enough to push against the nerves in the eye, people will most likely experience blurry vision and headaches. The tumor increase levels of prolactin, so lactation in either men and women may occur.
There are a range of treatments that are available for this tumor. Medication, such as ones that make the body think its getting higher leves of dopamine. Dopamine inhibits the prolactin in the body, so if you are receiving dopamine, then the increasing release of prolactin should discontinued. If this works, it should shrink the pituitary gland and stop the high levels of prolactin being released in the body. With the pituitary tumor getting smaller, the symptoms should stop. If medication does not work, then surgery may have to be an option in order to restore normal functions in the body. If the tumor is small, then the neurosurgeon has a better chance to completley remove the whole entire tumor, meaning prolactin levels should go back to normal. However, if it is a large tumor, than the tumor may not be able to be fully removed. This in return, means medication may have to be taken post surgery in order to get prolactin levels back to normal.


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