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Scientists demonstrate that the female brain in humans is resistant to anesthetics and that "sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity are largely due to acute effects of sex hormones". (www.pnas.org)
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[โ€“] feminalpanda 22 points 1 year ago (13 children)

So trans men on hormones would be more sensitive to anesthesia and trans women on HRT would be less sensitive to anesthesia. Also cis women with PCOS would be more susceptible to anesthesia.

[โ€“] DessertStorms@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Right? How hard is it, especially in scientific research/publication to just say "people with higher levels of hormone A or B"? ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] feminalpanda 3 points 1 year ago

I should send this to my bottom surgery doc.

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