According to your symptoms (amenorrhea,
negative home pregnancy test and
galactorrhea) it seems to me that you
might be experiencing some hormonal
disorder, perhaps hyperprolactinemia.
Prolactin is a pituitary hormone that
stimulates the breasts to produce milk.
The pituitary gland normally produces
prolactin in larger quantities at the end
of pregnancy and during breast feeding.
Prolactin also inhibits ovarian follicle
growth and ovulation, which manifests with
irregular cycles and sterility in addition
to galactorrhea. First, you can take
another pregnancy test. If it is negative
again, you can go to your gynecologist or
endocrinologist. The blood level of
prolactin and other ovarian and pituitary
hormones HAS TO be examined. If the level
of prolactin in the blood is increased,
then your pituitary gland MUST be examined
(with a CT-scan of the head) for any
tumors. Therapy depends upon the possible
cause for hyperprolactinemia.
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