Fears of 'medical blunder' if children are encouraged to have sex-change operations

A female medical student who began treatment to become a man has warned how encouraging children to undergo such procedures could create one of the “great medical blunders” of our time. Kate, who spoke on condition of anonymity, had injected herself with hormones causing her voice to drop and her face to grow prominent hair. However, she later abandoned the treatment after deciding she was not transgender.

Explaining how she had been encouraged to undergo the treatment after visiting online forums, she warned that “great harm” could be caused by groups eager to coax parents and their children into believing a child struggling with their sex was simply born the wrong gender. In an interview with Radio 4, Kate, who began her treatment in her early 20’s, said she believes that had her confusion over her sex happened today she could well have undergone treatment but later regretted it.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/18/fears-medical-blunder-children-encouraged-have-sex-change-operations/

It is dangerous and I am pleased this lady has come forward and warned of the dangers .

Treat the mind for mental disorder... not try to change the body to fit the delusions of a mind that is suffering from a mental disorder...

No sorry. If she can go on to a forum and be "persuaded" that she's transgender then she needs to stay away from people. Full stop.
She obviously didn't know her own mind.

And what of the rigorous tests she must have passed by psychologists and doctors and medical professionals? They must have passed her as mentally fit and competent, right?

eddie wrote:No sorry.  If she can go on to a forum and be "persuaded" that she's transgender then she needs to stay away from people. Full stop.
She obviously didn't know her own mind.

And what of the rigorous tests she must have passed by psychologists and doctors and medical professionals?  They must have passed her as mentally fit and competent, right?

She said she injected herself with hormones, which suggests she didn't see a doctor or get a psychological assessment.

Then she's not a great example of a truly together, all-knowing, sure-of-herself, transgender.
So the story needs to be treated as such.

In fact, if she got illegal drugs and injected herself, she's a fucking moron and ain't in any way, shape or form, an agony aunt or advice columnist for anybody ever.

'...she's not a great example of a truly together, all-knowing, sure-of-herself, transgender...'






'She' was so sure of 'herself', that 'she' thought 'she' was a 'he'...!!!

Yes. That's what I just said Tommy, and more to the point, her mindset isn't indicative of transgender people and this isn't a typical case.

eddie wrote:Then she's not a great example of a truly together, all-knowing, sure-of-herself, transgender.
So the story needs to be treated as such.

In fact, if she got illegal drugs and injected herself, she's a fucking moron and ain't in any way, shape or form, an agony aunt or advice columnist for anybody ever.

Probably took a walk on the wild side

eddie wrote:Then she's not a great example of a truly together, all-knowing, sure-of-herself, transgender.
So the story needs to be treated as such.

In fact, if she got illegal drugs and injected herself, she's a fucking moron and ain't in any way, shape or form, an agony aunt or advice columnist for anybody ever.

Where do you get the view the drugs used were illegal?

They are in many cases legal.

Clearly, she like many others, think they know more medically by reading the web and they do not. 

Do I need to give examples of how so many already wrongly self diagnosed using the internet or claims to natural cures

Now the problem she had is that clearly people are being persuaded over the internet, without medical advice and thus clearly there is the danger of others doing the same. 

In fact many children who seek advice around tansgender turn out that they are in fact gay in many cases.
So the advice that no life changing surgery should occur until they are adults, is sound reasoning.