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2 articles for “Hyperprolactinaemia.”
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Hyperprolactinaemia- An Ayurvedic Perspective: A Case Study
Abstract: Hyperprolactinaemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin level. During pregnancy prolactin concentrations increase and, in conjunction with the other hormones of pregnancy stimulate the breast epithelium to produce milk. Lactotroph which are the cells that secrete prolactin represent 20 to 50% of the anterior pituitary cell production and are the most likely to give rise to pituitary tumors. The causes of hyperprolactinaemia are categorized broadly as physiological, pathological, drug …
Published in Journal of AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 16–20 Read article
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Psychiatry During Pregnancy
Abstract: Psychiatric during pregnancy is increasingly recognized that many women with psychotic disorders have children and that pregnancies of these women are high-risk. Psychotic disorders increase the risk of stillbirth and infant mortality and can affect a woman’s ability to care for herself and her infant. Although women with psychoses are less fertile than the general population, partly as a result of hyperprolactinaemia secondary to antipsychotic drugs, the increasing use of …
Published in Journal of Nursing Science & Practice · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 53–57 Read article