Science Question

[shenth]

My osteology class brought up an interesting question: How does HRT interact with osteoporosis? Hormonal levels have been associated with the problem in post-menopausal cis women, but I don't know if research has been done on trans people who have undergone hormone-related procedures, including orchiectomies or hysterectomies as well as HRT

Comments

[didactic_cudgel]

What I was told by my doc was that T and E fulfill the same function re: bone density and formation, so as long as you replace one primary sex hormone with sufficient amount of the other, there should be no (little?) risk of osteoporosis.

[meegosh]

Yes I have heard that you either need functioning hormone producing body parts or replacement hormones.

[gymx]

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