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Originally Posted by Bionca
It brings up one thing that has recently been bothering me. The recommended levels of hormones for transition are FAR greater/lesser than would be found in average women. There are some within the community who feel this is a hold-over from the 50's and 60's when pre-op trans women were expected/assumed to be completely sexless until SRS. Evidence of sexual activity (particularly if it involved our penis) was reason to deny any further progress and access to any transition resources.
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In the uk the endo's & General Practitioners (GP's)
prescribe doses & adjust hormones according to your bloods.
The aim is a constant T & E level congurent with a Day-1 female
ie:
Baseline Testosterone levels:
Male . . . . 10-25 nmol/L
Female. . . . . . 0.5 - 2 nmol/L
Baseline Estrogen 2 Level (midcycle Genetic woman):
120-400 pmol/L
The following are figures previously posted on NuttycaTS, which are similar to the ones above:
Normal testosterone levels:
Adolescent male. . . . 75-400 ng/dl
Adolescent female . . 20 to 64 ng/dl
Adult male. . . . . . . . .300 to 1000 ng/dl or 10.4-34.7 nmol/L (SI units)
Adult female. . . . . . .20-75 ng/dl or .69-2.6 nmol/L (SI units)
Post op transsexual. .can be lower than 3 ng/dl
Blood tests to check:
Liver function test
cholesterol (triglyceride's)
oestrogen
testosterone