Denny, awhile back on Lactnet (um, like a year or two?) there was discussion
about an article that linked high prolactin and Rheumatoid Arthritis,
another autoimmune disease that affects far more women than men.  A study
came out with worrisome, seemingly convincing data for a link between
prolactin and RA.  I don't know if I've heard anything about it since,
though, and I'm afraid I only have the vaguest memory.  And I wasn't newly
postpartum at the time I read about it either :-)

> The female hormone prolactin may be
> another culprit. Levels of prolactin increase during breastfeeding."

Mary Riley Renard, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Vienna Virginia  USA

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