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Cuidado de adultos transgênero

Last reviewed: 20 Aug 2025
Last updated: 28 Jan 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • incongruência entre o sexo atribuído ao nascer e o gênero vivenciado
  • aparência ou resposta emocional alteradas
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Risk factors

  • transtorno do espectro autista (TEA)
  • hiperplasia adrenal congênita
  • síndrome de Klinefelter
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

  • testosterona sérica
  • di-hidrotestosterona sérica
  • hormônio folículo-estimulante (FSH) e hormônio luteinizante (LH) séricos
  • prolactina sérica
  • testes séricos da função hepática
  • perfil lipídico sérico
  • Hemograma completo
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Investigations to consider

  • antígeno prostático específico (PSA) sérico em indivíduos com sexo atribuído como masculino ao nascer
  • 25-hidroxivitamina D sérica
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Treatment algorithm

ONGOING

mulheres transgênero (pessoas transgênero de homem para mulher cujo sexo atribuído ao nascer foi masculino)

homens transgêneros (pessoas transgênero de mulher para homem cujo sexo atribuído ao nascer foi feminino)

Contributors

Authors

James Barrett, FRCPsych, BSc, MSc

Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Clinician

Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic

London

UK

Disclosures

JB declares that he has no competing interests. JB is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Leighton John Seal, MBBS, BSC, PhD, FRCP

Consultant and Honorary Reader in Diabetes and Endocrinology

St. George's University Hospital

NHS foundation trust

London

UK

Declarações

LS has received an honorarium for giving a lecture in a non-promotional meeting on the subject of gender dysphoria by Besins healthcare.

Jack Drescher, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Columbia University

NY

Declarações

JD declares that he has no competing interests.

Rebecca Luff, BSc(Hons)

Individual with lived experience of gender dysphoria.

Disclosures

RL declares that she has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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References

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Key articles

World Health Organization. International statistical classification of diseases and health related problems (ICD). 11th revision. Jan 2022 [Internet publication].Full text

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2022.

Coleman E, Radix AE, Bouman WP, et al. Standards of care for the health of transgender and gender diverse people, version 8. Int J Transgend Health. 2022;23(suppl 1):S1-S259.Full text  Abstract

Richards C, Barrett J. Trans and Non-binary Gender Healthcare for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Other Health Professionals. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2020.

Hembree WC, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Gooren L, et al. Endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Nov 1;102(11):3869-903. Abstract

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Health care for transgender and gender diverse individuals: ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 823. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Mar 1;137(3):e75-88.Full text  Abstract

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