Endometriosis Support Group
Endometriosis is a common medical condition where the tissue lining the uterus is found outside of the uterus, typically affecting other organs in the pelvis. The condition can lead to serious health problems, primarily pain and infertility. A major symptom of endometriosis is pain, mostly in the lower abdomen, lower back, and pelvic area.
Has anyone been told they have high prolactin levels with endo? I have high levels but wondering if it could be due to the endo? I have had an mri and its not my glads
Endometriosis is a progressive estrogen-dependent disease affecting women during their reproductive years. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether endometriosis is associated with stress parameters. We determined cortisol and prolactin levels in serum, peritoneal and follicular fluid from infertile women with endometriosis and fertile women without the disease. The extent of the disease was staged according to the revised American Fertility Society classification (1997). Serum and peritoneal fluid were collected from 49 women aged 19 to 39 years undergoing laparoscopy. Eighteen women had stage I-II endometriosis and 10 had stage III-IV. Controls were 21 women undergoing laparoscopy for tubal sterilization. Follicular fluid was obtained from 39 women aged 25-39 years undergoing in vitro fertilization (21 infertile women with endometriosis and 18 infertile women without endometriosis). Serum prolactin levels were significantly higher in infertile women with stage III-IV endometriosis (28.9 +/- 2.1 ng/mL) than in healthy controls (13.2 +/- 2.1 ng/mL). Serum cortisol levels were significantly higher in infertile women with stage III-IV endometriosis (20.1 +/- 1.3 ng/mL) than in controls (10.5 +/- 1.4 ng/mL). Cortisol and prolactin levels in follicular fluid and peritoneal fluid did not differ significantly between groups. The high levels of cortisol and prolactin in the serum from women with endometriosis might contribute to the subfertility frequently associated with the disease. Moreover, since higher levels of cortisol and prolactin are often associated with stress, it is probable that stress might contribute to the development of endometriosis and its progression to advanced stages of the disease.
Found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16906287
@diona you really should get that chekced out. its not normal for any womans breast to leak fluid if they are not pregnant.
This post did lead me to another idea. I've read before that once a woman has had a child she can make herself produce milk at any time until menopause using a breast pump. I have a breast pump from when I had my child and am wondering if pumping might change my hormones enough to help control the endo...
I don't really know much about hormones and which ones to what exactly, but it was just a thought. I know some people say that the state of pregnancy helps to control the symptoms and I do know that after a woman has a child, if she's breast feeding it helps to keep her from ovulating, etc. So, this was just my idea. Who knows if it would actually work....
I'm off to do research!
Many women with endo have this issue, the connection is that our glands produce all the hormones, right? And our endo, so far, is a auto-immune disorder. It's all connected.
Your thyroid controld 4 different hormones. Check out this site:
http://www.hormone.org/endo101/
Your endocrine system controld all this. SOOOOO...demand those blood tests, and look at your numbers. Then either find a specialist, or find the natural things that can help it change.
Diona84-that's funny! I'm right there with you tho, and I haven't breast fed since October 2007. It's not at all uncommon, but you should see your Dr. about it.