What would a transgender do if they have a serious illness?

[AleDeEurope]

Illnesses affect each gender differently, it's not made up, it's a fact. A man may have to take a different dose or different medicine than a woman to cure the same illness. But if you're a trans, what is the doctor supposed to tell you to do? If you're male to female, is he supposed to tell you to take the medicine for men, or for women?

This gender issue is causing problems in the medical field 'cause men and women are biologically different, our brains work differently, despite some people thinking we're the same, and it's causing researchers to stop working on certain things to avoid being labelled sexist. The fact is that neurological issues effect both gender's brain differently, and some may need a different drug for each gender, but with all these gender neutral, changing genders, and all that, what are doctors supposed to do, and also, what are people who have changed genders/identify with a different gender, supposed to do?

[Stoner710]

They would go to the doctor and say they are whatever gender there feeling like that day either way I mean really if they have an issue then it should be taken care of regardless of the gay transgender male female whatever gender they decide

medically speaking you're either male or female. What do you think you are has nothing to do what you are medically either have a penis or a vagina if you feel like you're a guy and do you have a vagina then you're a girl you have estrogen that is your sex if you are male and you feel like you're a girl then you still have testosterone therefore you were a guy regardless if you feel like it or not medically speaking I would say treat the person as if they were going by their original sex this idea of transgender really does not have a valid meaning when it comes to medical care

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

Well, you can measure and control the levels of estrogen, testosterone in people and that's what they do to transgender people to help them make the transition from 1 gender to the other. So, depending on the levels, doctors will assign the medication to their stage, if not fully transitioned. Also, I can't think of a drug that a doctor or person couldn't simply vary their level of medicine. Hell, they even do it now between males or females. I'm a 6'4 190lb dude. If I get prescribed adderall, for example, it'll be different than you, most likely

[Tabbie]

Actually assuming someone's sex based on their outward appearance is a big problem in the medical field- consider that 4% of people are intersex, and many don't know this because the sex organs that make them 'abnormal' are internal and checking for that isn't standard procedure when assigning sex (not to mention all the intersex babies who are needlessly mutilated for purely cosmetic reasons, very commonly causing them a bunch of health problems).

The sex binary is unnecessary and harmful. It would make a tonne more sense to just have a check list on people's medical records of what sex traits they have.

[SensualScribe]

Their doctor should know that they are transgender. This is something that should be on all of a person's medical records and the doctor will choose how to treat the patient based on that. They would take into consideration the biology of that person and any hormones that that person may be taking that may alter the way any treatment would work.

[AleDeEurope]

Yeah, but if the doctor thinks the patient should take medicine that is for the patient's biological gender, they may get called transphobic, sexist, or whatever.

[SensualScribe]

There are ways to explain things to people without coming across the wrong way. Transgender people are aware of biology. The doctor needs to recognize the patient's gender preference, but explain to the patient that due to their biological gender this is the treatment that is best. If the patient cannot understand that, they can choose to forgo treatment or seek another opinion. There is not much else the doctor can do.

[TheInvisibleMan]

Essentially gender change surgery should be forbidden everywhere in the world and all the fucktards who want to do it should be locked up in a mental institution. Enough of giving rights and pleasing degenerate fucks!

[Blitzkrieger]

I know they get osteoporosis faster than usual. I dont know how doctors would go about it.

[MasqueradeMassacreTM]

That's some deep thinking. Shit.

[MasqueradeMassacreTM]

Seriously though, doctors of transgender people have to tell you about the gender you were born with. Transgenders generally will not mind, the transtrenders are the ones who will honestly get pissed off.

[AleDeEurope]

I've never met a transgender in person (not that I know of), so I don't really know how they typically act when their gender is questioned, though I'm pretty sure many will put their health first before their gender.
But do you think some doctors may fear the backlash if they tell a MtF that she should take the drugs for men, so they'll end up telling them to take the ones for women?
Like I said on my post, some researchers are stopping their researches because they fear their careers will be put because of stuff like this.

[MasqueradeMassacreTM]

Well legally they have to tell you the risks as if you were still the gender you were born with, I'm pretty sure though if you are serious, they have to tell you risks of both, and how it'll affect their body. The transgenders who don't get offended by bringing up the gender they were born into are the ones to be trusted because they are the mature ones and know what is actually going on. Doctors, I'd say are afraid of millennial's. Millennial's are very very confrontational, very quick to judge, very quick to threaten to get someone fired because of their political standpoints. This is Blaire White, she is a MtF, and she understands the risks, but is also very mature about everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVS5kGU1Joo

[AleDeEurope]

I've seen some of Blaire White's videos, I like her for the exact reason you said. She's trans, but she has common sense and knows that she's still biologically a man. The other girl's an idiot. I've also seen a bit of her and it's cringey.

[MasqueradeMassacreTM]

Right. Blaire knows that she is still technically male biologically. She isn't being an idiot about it, she is not afraid to talk about it, nor explain this to people. & yeah, I agree the other... transtrender is very very cringey. Can't agree with anything he says to be quite honest.

[Blitzkrieger]

"Millennial's are very very confrontational, very quick to judge, very quick to threaten to get someone fired because of their political standpoints"

You know that millenials are just a generation which both of us are part of.

[MasqueradeMassacreTM]

@Blitzkrieger Um, yeah? Your point?

[jacquesvol]

The doctor would advise.

[AleDeEurope]

But what would the doctor advise? If he tells you to take the drugs for men, he'll be called sexist or transphobic, but if he tells you to take the drugs for women, it may not help you, or get you worse.

[jacquesvol]

I'm not a doctor, I don't know anything about the person, I don't have the medical files.

[OrdinaryGentleman]

Change to the other gender?

[AleDeEurope]

And then go back once they're not sick?

[OrdinaryGentleman]

I have found that works really good for me

[Waffles731]

probably just get help like anyone else

[AleDeEurope]

I know, but if the doctor tells them they have to take drugs, but if you're a man, you have to take different drugs than if you're a woman. So if they were once a man, and now a woman, are they gonna take the drugs for women?

[Dred1614returns]

I've never thought about this. Very interesting.