IN DE MEDIA

FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A third of trans masculine people who have undergone testosterone therapy and have stopped menstruating are still ovulating, a new study suggests.

That means they remain at risk for an unwanted pregnancy, despite the absence of periods, Dutch researchers concluded.

It’s not clear why ovulation ceases for some transgender people under these circumstances, and why it may continue for others.

“Testosterone apparently has a heterogenous [varied] effect on ovarian tissue,” said study lead author Joyce Asseler, a graduate student at Amsterdam University Medical Center. “We don’t know why one person ovulates and another person doesn’t. In any case, we cannot explain this difference by the type of testosterone, or how long someone has been taking testosterone.”

Lees verder. (Engelstalig)