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How do you get galactorrhea?
Possible causes of galactorrhea include:
- Medications, such as certain sedatives, antidepressants, antipsychotics and high blood pressure drugs.
- Opioid use.
- Herbal supplements, such as fennel, anise or fenugreek seed.
- Birth control pills.
- A noncancerous pituitary tumor (prolactinoma) or other disorder of the pituitary gland.
How do you treat milk stasis?
Cases of milk stasis (counts of no specific treatment. Noninfectious inflammation of the breast (counts of > lo6 leukocytes and < lo3 bacteria per mil- liliter of milk) should be treated by regular emptying of the breast.
What can cause mastitis?
Mastitis is usually caused by germs (bacteria) that are found on the skin or in your baby’s mouth. These bacteria can enter your breast through a milk duct opening or a crack in the nipple. Infection is more likely to happen when milk is trapped in the breast.
Can you have mastitis without infection?
Mastitis can occur either with or without infection. If the inflammation occurs without infection, it is usually caused by milk stasis. Milk stasis is the buildup of milk within the breast tissue of lactating women. However, inflammation caused by milk stasis typically progresses to inflammation with infection.
Are there different types of mastitis?
Mastitis is inflammation of the breast tissue and can be broken down into lactational and non-lactational mastitis. Lactational mastitis is the most common form of mastitis. Two types of non-lactational mastitis include periductal mastitis, and idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM).
How long can galactorrhea last?
Galactorrhea may be considered physiologic. Pregnant women may lactate as early as the second trimester and may continue to produce milk for up to two years after cessation of breast-feeding.
Can mastitis heal itself?
The infection should clear up within 10 days but may last as long as three weeks. Mastitis sometimes goes away without medical treatment. To reduce pain and inflammation, you can: Apply warm, moist compresses to the affected breast every few hours or take a warm shower.
What happens if you leave mastitis untreated?
Fortunately, mastitis can be easily treated. While mastitis is almost never an emergency, left untreated it can lead to a breast abscess, which is a collection of pus in a hollow area in the breast. Your doctor may need to drain the abscess. A wiser course is to never let mastitis lead to an abscess.
How is galactorrhea treated?
Try a medication, such as bromocriptine (Cycloset, Parlodel) or cabergoline, to lower your prolactin level and minimize or stop milky nipple discharge. Side effects of these medications commonly include nausea, dizziness and headaches.
What are the side effects of galactorrhea?
What are the symptoms of galactorrhea?
- Amenorrhea (infrequent or stopped menstrual periods)
- Vaginal dryness.
- Headache.
- Reduced sex drive.
- New hair growing on the chest or chin.
- Acne.
- Erectile dysfunction.
Can mastitis go away naturally?