As bizarre as it sounds, abusers use
anabolic steroids to increase their physical size, or boost physical
strength — including the libido. Worse is the fact that unlike the
doctor’s prescription that is supervised and advised for a limited
period, those who habitually abuse anabolic steroids tend to use them ad
infinitum and sometimes in large, harmful doses.
Yet, epidemiologists say the side effects
of anabolic steroid abuse ranges in severity from developing liver
cancer to having stubborn acne that refuses to respond to medication,
while it may also lead to psychiatric problems as time goes on and as
dosage increases.
“The liver and cardiovascular and reproductive systems are most seriously affected by steroid abuse,” says the online portal, steroidabuse.com.
Perhaps you’ve seen men with breasts as
big as an adult woman’s? Physicians say it may be due to a habitual
abuse of anabolic steroid.
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But then, while steroid abuse is peculiar to high-premium athletes, people who don’t have anything to do with sports also use it.
Men who take anabolic steroids may: Continue reading after the cut...
But then, while steroid abuse is peculiar to high-premium athletes, people who don’t have anything to do with sports also use it.
-Develop breasts
-Get painful erections
-Have shrunken testicles
-Have decreased sperm count
-Become infertile; become impotent
Women who take anabolic steroids may:
-Grow excessive face and body hair
-Have deepened voices
-Experience menstrual irregularities
-Have an enlarged clitoris
-Have reduced breast size
-Have a masculinised female foetus
Both men and women who take anabolic steroids may:
- Get acne
- Have an oily scalp and skin
- Get jaundice
- Become bald
-Have tendon rupture
-Have heart attacks/an enlarged heart
-Develop significant risk of liver disease and liver cancer
-Have high levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol
-Have mood swings/fly into rages/suffer delusions
Teens who take anabolic steroids may:
-Have short height due to arrested bone growth
-Girls may suffer long-term masculinisation
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