User:Maddy from Celeste/Trans broken arm syndrome

Trans broken arm syndrome is the tendency of health care providers to connect unrelated ailments experienced by transgender people to their gender transition. Trans broken arm syndrome is particularly prevalent among mental health practicioners, but it exists in all fields of medicine. Misguided investigation of transition-related causes can frustrate patients and cause delay in or refusal of treatment,  or misdiagnosis and prescription of a wrong treatment. Misattribution of symptoms to transgender hormone therapy may also cause doctors to erroneously recommend the patient stop taking hormones. It is considered a form of discrimination against transgender people. Trans broken arm syndrome may also manifest as health insurance companies refusing to pay for treatments, claiming the treated condition is caused by the patient's transgender status, and thus is a pre-existing condition. According to a 2021 survey by TransActual, 57% of transgender people in the United Kingdom put off seeing a doctor when they were ill. In 2014, 43% of transgender counselling clients in the UK said their counsellor "wanted to explore transgender issues in therapy even when this wasn't the reason they had sought help".