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How dangerous is it to not have any sex hormones (androgens)? (self.asktransgender)
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I'm curious, how much of a danger is it in terms of health for someone to have lower than normal or no hormones at all.

I was wondering that because I was looking things up and I recently came across a thread on r/Asktransgender where the OP said if they didn't have hormones they would physically die in a year and several other people said similar things. Is this true? I'm not an expert in medicine but it seems like misinformation to me. I know Osteoporosis is a long term risk.

I also know that personally that I have not taken Testosterone (or Estrogen) in 15 years, and I'm mostly fine. These people said it was fatal to not take it for a year or two.

What are your thoughts on what they said? Does this sound plausible or does it sound like misinformation or exaggeration?

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[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

They may have been alluding to suicide... :/

[-] FirstMajesticComet 1 points 6 days ago

Maybe a few were but many of them used wordage like "body will stop working and die" so those are clearly trying to say or imply that lack of sex hormones directly kills.

I don't doubt that suicide is a potential outcome of the misery associated with it. I do know it can be unbelievably miserable for many people, but they weren't talking about that. They were talking about medical complication.

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