What does it mean if your breast is releasing a milky liquid and you are not expecting or have any children.?

Answer 1

I guess you have galactorrhea (Nothing to worry)

Sometimes a woman's breast makes milk even though she is not breast feeding a baby. This is called galactorrhea (say: "gal-act-tor-ee-ah"). The milk may come from one or both breasts. It may leak with no stimulation or it may leak only when the breasts are touched.

Men can have galactorrhea, too, but it is less common.

What causes galactorrhea?

Galactorrhea has many causes. Here are some of them:

* Medicines such as hormones, antidepressants, blood pressure medicines and others
* Herbs such as nettle, fennel, blessed thistle, anise and fenugreek seed
* Street drugs such as marijuana and opiates
* Hormone imbalance
* Tumors (usually benign), especially tumors of the pituitary (say: "pit-too-it-terry") gland, which is in the brain
* Pregnancy
* Clothing that irritates the breasts (like scratchy wool shirts or bras that don't fit well)
* Doing very frequent breast self-exams (daily exams)
* Stimulation of the breast during sexual activity

Sometimes the cause can't be found.

Galactorrhea produces a white fluid. If the fluid coming from your breast is reddish, your doctor will check you for cancer

What other signs should I tell my doctor about?

Tell your doctor if you have any of these signs:

* No menstrual periods or periods that are not regular
* Headaches or trouble seeing
* Less interest in having sex
* Increase in hair growth on your chin or chest
* Acne


How is galactorrhea treated?

Most tumors that cause galactorrhea are not cancer. They can be treated with medicine or surgery.

In many cases, there is no treatment, and the breast milk goes away with time. Until it goes away, here are some things you can do to help:

* Avoid stimulating your breasts.
* Avoid touching your nipples during sexual activity.
* Don't do breast self-exams more than one time a month.

Answer 2

That happen to me it is a hormone problem but can be fixed very easy, the doctor put me on a low dose of hormones aqnd with in a week or so it was gone. Your hormones are just confused right now.

Answer 3

It means you have galactorrhoea.
this is related to prolactin secretion-do you have headaches?
see you primary care doctor, you may also have hypothyroidsim.
This is not normal. This may rarely mean a benign brain tumor called as the pitutary adenoma.

Answer 4

You should see your physician to have it checked out. It could be several things, most of which are not a big deal, but be safe, not sorry. Good luck!

Answer 5

go to your doctor, happened to me too, about 7 years ago. I had a benign cyst. You could certainly have something else.

Answer 6

I don't want to scare you, but do you check regularly for lumps and or go to the gyno? If not, you need to go!