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- Medical Video: Bodybuilders Inject Muscles With Oil | Real Life Hulks
- What are anabolic steroids?
- What are the side effects of steroids?
- Steroid side effects in men
- Steroid side effects in women
- Steroid side effects in adolescents
- Short-term and long-term effects of steroid use
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There are several types of steroids used for various things, one of which is corticosteroids which are often used to relieve inflammation. So, have you ever heard of anabolic steroids? If we hear about an athlete who uses steroids to raise his oto, usually the steroid in question is anabolic steroids. What is the function and are there side effects?
What are anabolic steroids?
Unlike corticosteroids, anabolic steroids have a function to build muscle and accelerate wound healing. There are also some athletes who use steroids to improve their physical abilities. The type of steroid used is a synthetic version of testosterone. An important hormone for men does indeed have a function as muscle formation and physical changes in men. Both men and women do produce testosterone, but testosterone added from outside can lead to several consequences.
Then, can steroids be used for this? According to psychiatrist Kenneth Mautner, MD, from Emory University, doctors do not allow prescribing steroids to improve athletes' performance. However, doctors will usually prescribe steroids to treat certain medical conditions, such as treating muscle wasting in people with AIDS, treating certain puberty problems, or testes that lose their function.
Beyond certain medical conditions, it is illegal for doctors to prescribe, sell or distribute steroids. This is due to the effects of very strong anabolic steroids.
What are the side effects of steroids?
Steroids are powerful hormones. Steroids used will affect the entire body. If used for a certain period of time will cause changes to the physical.
Steroid side effects in men
The following will happen to the male body after using steroids excessively:
- Growing breasts
- When erect, pain will appear
- The testicles will shrink
- Decreased sperm production
- At risk of infertility
- Impotent risk
Steroid side effects in women
Some women also take steroids, the following effects:
- The appearance of many fine hairs on the body and face
- There is a change in voice that is heavier
- The menstrual cycle becomes irregular
- There is widening of the clitoris
- Reduced breast size
Steroid side effects in adolescents
Steroids are not only used by adults, even teenagers use steroids for several reasons. The following effects might occur:
- There is a problem with height, users can experience obstacles to bone growth so they have a short body.
- If used by young women, the impact is long-term masculinization (maleness).
Frequently, steroids are injected into the body through injections. Illegal from this steroid makes the injections used do not guarantee sterility. The risk of HIV or hepatitis infection can be caused, if the injection used is not sterile. Still according to Mautner, quoted by WebMD, "Five people might use it and not get long-term problems. But the sixth will probably end in death. "
Short-term and long-term effects of steroid use
Some people suspect that steroids cause addiction, but this is not yet clear. Some of these people continue to use even though the effects of the day are more severe and have an unwanted impact. While others assume that steroids do not cause addiction, because it does not make the wearer feel a certain 'euphoria' - the effects of feelings that often arise in drug abuse.
Physical changes and abilities can cause some other undesirable short-term effects such as:
- Acne because hormones fall apart
- Mood swings
- Tired or weak
- The appearance of anxiety
- Decreased appetite
- Having a sleep disorder
- The tendency of oily skin
- Risk of baldness
- Risk of jaundice aka jaundice - changes in skin color to yellow in infants
The long-term effects are:
- Irritable or agitated, aka aggressive behavior roid rage
- Paranoia - the appearance of strange thoughts
- The emergence of delusions - thoughts that are contrary to reality
- Heart attack
- The widening of the heart - caused by damage to the heart muscle
- There is a risk of developing liver cancer
- Increase levels of bad cholesterol
- Steroid dependence
If you have experienced dependence, then you need treatment immediately. Dependence can be illustrated with sufferers feeling unable to use certain bodily functions without steroids. Even though excessive use will increase hormones in the body and the effect will be more severe.
Stopping steroids is usually done by the method tapering program to minimize the symptoms of steroid steroids, such as:
- Apathy and depression
- Difficulty concentrating
- Insomnia
- Decreased sexual needs
- Headache
- Muscle ache
- Anxious
- Anorexia
- Tired or weak
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