From Jane Thomas
jane@toehead.demon.co.uk
Although artificially induced lactation may be used to reduce body toxins, it
would probably leave the person feeling pretty miserable
(Letters, 24 January, p 51).
I have a prolactinoma (a benign tumour of the pituitary gland) which, if
untreated, gives me higher than normal levels of prolactin. The amount of
lactation I suffered before treatment wouldn’t have filled a teaspoon, yet left
me feeling utterly wretched.
I imagine that the concert of hormones released during normal lactation
leaves the body in far better harmony than prolactin alone ever does.
