What You Need Know About Transgender Health Services

By Marissa Velazquez


It is not a strange phenomenon that some people who were born male feel like they should be female while the others who were born female feel like they were meant to be males. This has brought about substantial debate on how to handle this class of people with regard to gender. With their ever-growing numbers, the society is compelled to accommodate them and provide to them the essential services too. This has even necessitated for the provision of transgender health services. Here are some therapeutic measures employed to attain the desired body for a male transforming to a woman.

Due to the differences in designation depending on the original roles, the males body is usually different from the womans. For a man to shed his masculinity to attain the feminine body, he must undergo a process called hormone replacement therapy. The therapy should be administered by a competent person since mismanagement can lead to undesired effects. This is usually aimed at changing the secondary sexual orientation.

Testosterone and estrogen are hormones present in the body in different quantities. Men always have an increased level of testosterone as compared to women while women have a raised level of estrogen compared to their male counterparts. Testosterone is the hormone responsible for the masculinity of a mans body. The objective of this procedure therefore is to raise the levels of estrogen in transwomen to reach the levels present in the female. This is an important substance since it controls the menstrual cycle, moods and even libido.

Another hormone is progesterone. This also plays a beneficial role to the womans body especially the skin and affects sexual urge. This is given to transwomen so that they can develop their breasts. The development includes the mammary glands, the alveoli just to mention some. This is an option for breast other than surgical methods that has also succeeded in other clients.

The first step in this program involves introduction of anti-androgens to help deal with testosterone. This helps to suppress this hormone prior to surgery. This does not spot testicles produce this hormone as it is not needed at this time but anti-androgens render it weak so as to allow the estrogen bind with the androgen receptors in its place.

Having some hormones replaced does mean that changes that an individual experience during puberty are totally reserved. So things like location of hair body will need a different procedure to deal with. However as the levels of testosterone continue to fall in ones body, the hair continue to diminish. Bones also reach DNA predestined size at puberty so this will have to be checked too.

Many people go through this therapeutic process but to attain the complete change one has to undergo surgical procedure. This process is aimed at changing the sexual organ to the desired gender. This is a delicate procedure that requires a qualified and experienced medical practitioner to attain proper functionality of the organ after the surgery.

Transpeople have particular health disparities as compared to the overall population. One should understand these disparities and when attending to transgender health, the practitioner should ask the patient their well being history. This should be done before administering any drug, be it herbal or artificial.




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