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Prolactin levels may be checked as part of a sex hormone workup, as elevated prolactin secretion can suppress the secretion of FSH and GnRH, leading to hypogonadism, and sometimes causing erectile dysfunction in men.
Prolactin levels may be of some use in distinguishing epileptic seizures from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. The serum prolactin level usually rises following an epileptic seizure.
Conditions causing elevated prolactin secretion
Hyperprolactinaemia is the term given to having too-high levels of prolactin in the blood.
* Prolactinoma;
* Excess thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), usually in primary hypothyroidism.
* A side effect of many anti-psychotic medications
Conditions causing decreased prolactin
* Bulimia;
* Excess of dopamine.
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