It may seem "weird," but keep in mind that formula (or "artificial baby milk," as it's known in the industry) is about as unnatural as it gets.Thursday's revelation that convicted secret leaker Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman and begin hormone therapy ignited talk about what happens when prison doctors refuse hormones to inmates with gender identity disorder (GID): depression, death wishes, purposely amputated genitalia and, for those already en route to a new gender, the return or disappearance of certain male or female traits - from body hair to muscles to breasts. There have actually been cases when males have been able to produce enough milk to fully or partially nourish a child! I'm not sure if takes unusually elevated prolactin levels-that is, I'm not sure if just any man could do it-but it has been observed both in humans and the wild. Is there a connection between obesity and prolactin production?Ĭould it be possible that the obesity triggers more prolactin hormone to be produced in the body and that leads to enlargement of breasts? I sometimes see men who are obese and have enlarged breasts. But we can't say that all obese men will experience this imbalance. So it's possible that obesity could cause an imbalance in prolactin hormones. Of course diet and fitness have a lot of impact on hormones. Very rarely, it can be caused by a tumor as well. Most of our patients who experience this have high levels of prolactin as a side effect of medications they have been taking or because of a dysfunction of hormone releasing organs. As far as I know, enlargement of breasts due to obesity is completely separate from enlarged breasts caused by high levels of prolactin in males. October 27, I'm a nurse and I see a lot of male patients who experience adverse physical effects due to hormone imbalances. I have often heard of women lactating and being able to feed their adopted children, or the biological children of their same sex partners. I personally don’t see that it is altogether odd –maybe quite a bit odd, but not altogether odd – that a man could do this.
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It seems to have worked because he did indeed help to feed their child. He apparently meditated every day, envisioning himself producing milk and feeding a baby. A young man whose wife was pregnant wanted to see if it were possible for him to lactate as well. Yes, I know that’s weird.)Īctually, there was one particular case that was quite interesting. (Yes, I have read documentaries own breastfeeding males. October 28, – I have actually read about the same exact thing through a few different documentaries. I know that as a woman, when my hormones fluctuate I know it so does everyone else in a twenty mile radius! It may not be something that can immediately be seen, but I’m sure it is obvious to the man that something is seriously wonky. I guess you could say that if testosterone is what makes a man feel manly, the increase of prolactin could literally strip him of his manliness. Increased prolactin in males can actually cause them quite a bit of distress if it isn’t diagnosed and appropriately treated quickly. I keep stressing that it's going to be bad news. I am seeing my primary physician on Friday to get an explanation of my lab work. I am 40 years old and basically have no sex drive at all.
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I found a lump in my right chest, and I had a mammogram and sonogram done. I have recently found out to have low testosterone and very high prolactin (41.7).