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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Yeah, and this is sort of my point. Just because you're pumped up with exogenous hormones doesn't mean that you change sex. If anything, it just broadens the range of things that you might be susceptible to.

[–]lefterfield 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It may increase the risk of certain kinds of conditions(heart disease, stroke), but it wouldn't necessarily make you more susceptible to a broader range of conditions. IE, it could be that the only trans-identified people that develop strokes are already at risk for them. But I don't know on that, it's just speculative. Point is, hormones cause cause side effects and promote some risks, but they don't change underlying physiology.

To be clear, I agree with your statement, and ignoring this will cause a lot of preventable tragedies.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I meant more in the realm of TIMs having a potential for breast cancer that they likely wouldn't have had before, TIFs having vaginal atrophy due to lack of estrogin within the vaginal epithelium.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5868281/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4000345/

[–]lefterfield 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well, breast cancer could fall into the category of increased risk, which is what I was saying. And again, I'm not saying that that is what's going on, I'm saying I don't know if that's what the data shows. In the case of females having vaginal atrophy, that is absolutely a risk they would not otherwise have had.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, I just wanted to throw links up to clarify. We were mostly on the same page anyway. I've somewhat abandoned ship anyway after the thread was pretty much hijacked into a pity party.

[–]lefterfield 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Lol, yes. He's fairly ridiculous, even as TIMs go. Sorry your thread got hijacked, the medical issues are important!