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Royal Osteoporosis Society

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ChristinaXYZ · 22/10/2023 16:05

The Royal Osteoporosis Society has a feature on its website where you can assess your risk. On the second page where you state whether you are male or female once you've opted for one or the other it says: "If you’re transgender, your risk of osteoporosis and broken bones is unlikely to be affected, as long as you’re taking prescribed hormone replacement therapy."

Is that true? I thought for females at least osteoporsis was more likely if they went on to have hormone treatment to transition. Even if I have got that wrong is the true answer not really - we don't know because there are not enough studies on large enough numbers of people over enough time?

It also does not make clear that if you have had no treatment then your risk remains the risk of your birth sex.

How does this help a transgender person wanting to know their risk? Or at least what is known about their risk at the moment?

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JellySaurus · 22/10/2023 17:03

How are they defining prescribed hormone replacement therapy?

If you're a menopausal woman taking HRT then whether you identify as a man/woman/ostrich your risk of developing osteoporosis is indeed unlikely to be affected. Because biology, as we all know, does not care about ideology.

Hoardasurass · 22/10/2023 16:59

ChristinaXYZ · 22/10/2023 16:30

Is it that :

  1. they don't know
  2. they know but don't care, or
  3. they know and they care but they're too frightened to say?

And how does any of that help trans people? And can any of it be remotely compatible with the role of a specialist medical charity?

I'd guess that it's no3 with a touch of no 2
I'm also concerned that they haven't listed puberty blockers aa a life long risk factor. We know that even taking them for a short time to delay puberty in children with precious puberty and then allowing them to continue with their correct puberty naturally still causes irreparable bone density issues and early onset osteoporosis years after they stopped taking them.

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ChristinaXYZ · 22/10/2023 16:30

Erraticclothespeg · 22/10/2023 16:29

Just tested it as a transgender person and it started asking me about menopause. It didn't ask me whag sort of transgender person I am. The question sequence needs a bit of work. Presumably someone complained and they put the tg question in for the sake of it.

That's interesting, thanks.

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ChristinaXYZ · 22/10/2023 16:30

Is it that :

  1. they don't know
  2. they know but don't care, or
  3. they know and they care but they're too frightened to say?

And how does any of that help trans people? And can any of it be remotely compatible with the role of a specialist medical charity?

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Erraticclothespeg · 22/10/2023 16:29

I'm not trans btw

Erraticclothespeg · 22/10/2023 16:29

Just tested it as a transgender person and it started asking me about menopause. It didn't ask me whag sort of transgender person I am. The question sequence needs a bit of work. Presumably someone complained and they put the tg question in for the sake of it.

BettyFilous · 22/10/2023 16:11

Given the concerns being raised in Sweden based on clinical experience of youth on puberty blockers developing osteoporosis/osteopenia, that statement about trans patients should be prefaced with a “based on current research..” as a minimum.

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