{"id":1572446,"date":"2022-07-27T00:06:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T04:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572446"},"modified":"2022-07-27T00:06:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T04:06:53","slug":"fda-officials-warn-of-brain-swelling-vision-loss-in-minors-using-puberty-blockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-officials-warn-of-brain-swelling-vision-loss-in-minors-using-puberty-blockers\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Officials Warn Of Brain Swelling, Vision Loss In Minors Using Puberty Blockers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffda-officials-warn-of-brain-swelling-vision-loss-in-minors-using-puberty-blockers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Puberty blockers, known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) substances, received a warning from U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fda\">Food and Drug Administration<\/a> (FDA) officials earlier this month, saying the drug could cause brain swelling, loss of vision, and serious risks for children injecting the hormone.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said a plausible association between using puberty blockers and pseudotumor cerebri, which displays symptoms similar to a brain tumor, was identified in six young girls between the ages of 5 and 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive were undergoing treatment for central precocious puberty and one for transgender care,\u201d FDA officials <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/aapnews\/news\/20636\/Risk-of-pseudotumor-cerebri-added-to-labeling-for?autologincheck=redirected\">report<\/a>. \u201cThe onset of pseudotumor cerebri symptoms ranged from three to 240 days after GnRH agonist initiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such symptoms in the patients included visual disturbances, headaches, and vomiting. Other effects GnRH agonists caused were an increase in blood pressure, brain swelling, and abducens neuropathy.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from the FDA told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formularywatch.com\/view\/fda-updates-safety-labels-for-group-of-gnrh-agonists\">Formulary Watch<\/a> the cases were considered clinically serious and determined that a warning should be added to all GnRH agonist products approved for pediatric patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the mechanism by which GnRH agonists may lead to development of pseudotumor cerebri has not been elucidated, and patients with CPP may have a higher baseline risk of developing pseudotumor cerebri compared with children without CPP,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThis potential serious risk associated with GnRH agonists justifies inclusion in product labeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Puberty blockers and hormones have come under fire again after President Joe Biden\u2019s U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine asserted that the U.S. should not limit youth access to so-called \u201cgender-affirming care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGender affirming care is life-saving, medically necessary, age-appropriate, and a critical tool for health care providers,\u201d Levine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EY0VNzkLHTI&#038;t=20s\">said<\/a>. \u201cAs a pediatrician, when it comes to making sure kids are healthy and happy, I know how important care that affirms someone\u2019s true identity can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Florida\u2019s Department of Health has argued the opposite of Levine\u2019s claims, saying that due to the lack of conclusive evidence, and the potential for long-term and irreversible effects, doctors should not prescribe children 18 years old and younger puberty blockers or hormone therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the currently available evidence \u2018encouraging mastectomy, ovariectomy, uterine extirpation, penile disablement, tracheal shave, the prescription of hormones which are out of line with the genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers, are all clinical practices which run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm,&#8217;\u201d Florida\u2019s Department of Health wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/_documents\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-guidance.pdf?utm_source=floridahealth.gov&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=newsroom&#038;utm_content=article&#038;url_trace_7f2r5y6=https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-press-release.pr.html\">memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Levine claims every major medical association agrees with the comments about \u201cgender-affirming\u201d care saving lives, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-dept-health-slams-rachel-levine-character-assassination-trans-youth-comments\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Redfern, a Florida Health Department spokesperson, denounced Levine\u2019s so-called data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an appeal to authority that is in stark contrast to the best available evidence,\u201d Redfern said.<\/p>\n<p>He said while the state\u2019s Health Department is following the evidence, the federal government is following the eminence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puberty blockers, known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) substances, received a warning from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials earlier this month, saying the drug could cause brain swelling, loss of vision, and serious risks for children injecting the hormone. 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