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Medical Forum / General / General / February 2005High Prolactin Reading
58 YO male.. Body feels cool, night sweats, low body temp... TSH, T3,T4 normal. Prolactin comes in at 160... Dr. wants to do brain scan. I check the web and it seems that the symptoms of Hyperprolactinemia are sex dysfunctions, headaches, visual problems. etc. I have none of the aforementioned. Can a high prolactin level be causing my acutal symptoms. Thanks, Ken > 58 YO male.. Body feels cool, night sweats, low body temp... TSH, T3,T4 > normal. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Can a high prolactin level be causing my acutal symptoms. > Thanks, Ken I think he is focusing on the source of the prolactin at this point. The typical symptoms are pretty much as listed. There is a syndrome called Wilson's which most doctors do not believe even exists. It is more a match for your symptoms. Look it up and see what you think. Wilson himself has a pretty regimented treatment which will require a compounding pharmacy to pull off. Joe > 58 YO male.. Body feels cool, night sweats, low body temp... TSH, T3,T4 > normal. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Can a high prolactin level be causing my acutal symptoms. > Thanks, Ken Assuming that the lab value is correct at 160 ng/ml, that is WAY elevated and I'm sure your doctor feels obligated to rule out a pituitary tumor as one of the first steps. It doesn't matter AT ALL what kind of symptoms you're having. I assume you mean CT of the head, not a brain scan. HMc
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