When ever some one mentions steroids, the thought of athletes using them for running fast or lifting weight or home run hits or huge number of balls in the baskets comes in to the mind. There are lots of stories that are told with regards to steroids. There are enough TV serials and movies highlighting the affects of steroids on youngsters almost like a horror show. However, when you look at the actual side effects it might not be that huge horror show. It is said steroids are dangerous drugs when they are used in inappropriate levels for a continuous period there are very sever side effects that would last for longer time and most often cause irreversible negative health consequences. The steroids are used and most often abused by to build body mass. Basically they abuse this for different reasons like to boost up their self esteem, to improve confidence and more basic thing like attracting female counterpart.
The initial effect of the steroids on the human beings is the heavy hair loss and that too patchy. Steroids used for long period of time have shown effects on mood and found to cause depression. This is basically affecting the nervous system of the human body.
Let’s look at the side effects in detail. One of the biggest and common effects of steroids is on the hormone system. Steroids inhibit the natural hormones. All most all cases, addition of any hormone to your body would send a message to the endocrine system to stop producing the same. This happens when the body attempts to maintain the balance. Therefore it would affect the hormonal balance of the body.
The next affect is liver damage. However, all steroids do not cause liver damage. There are no studies that proved the direct effect of steroids on liver. Some steroids are avoided to the patients who are already down with liver damage.
Steroids are found to affect the sexual organs like testicles. In few of the male population who used the steroids continuously experiences testicle shrinkage. There are some very drastic affects of Steroids. It is supposed to aggravate infertility and reduce the sperm count. It is also found that people who abuse steroids have higher risk of prostate cancer. Some men have experiences development of breasts. It is also increases the risk of Hepatitis and HIV.
The other side effect is steroids can cause acne development. It is found to affect the skin causing skin allergies and acne. This is because of the increased activity of sebaceous glands combined with the bacterial infestation and dead cells together causing acne.
Increased aggressiveness is also reported by the anabolic steroid users. Few studies have shown that people have actually experienced increased aggression and increased violence, mania and also psychosis. Few studies have also shown development of baldness especially with men population. Anabolic steroids have been linked to cardiovascular problems, partly because of its affect on blood lipids. In some women, these steroids have shown development of masculine or male sexual characters. Some of the characters are development of deeper voice, excess growth of hair all over the body, enlargement of external genitalia etc.
Steroids are not to be taken without physicians directions. It has good medicinal values to help certain population with the medical conditions.
The initial effect of the steroids on the human beings is the heavy hair loss and that too patchy. Steroids used for long period of time have shown effects on mood and found to cause depression. This is basically affecting the nervous system of the human body.
Let’s look at the side effects in detail. One of the biggest and common effects of steroids is on the hormone system. Steroids inhibit the natural hormones. All most all cases, addition of any hormone to your body would send a message to the endocrine system to stop producing the same. This happens when the body attempts to maintain the balance. Therefore it would affect the hormonal balance of the body.
The next affect is liver damage. However, all steroids do not cause liver damage. There are no studies that proved the direct effect of steroids on liver. Some steroids are avoided to the patients who are already down with liver damage.
Steroids are found to affect the sexual organs like testicles. In few of the male population who used the steroids continuously experiences testicle shrinkage. There are some very drastic affects of Steroids. It is supposed to aggravate infertility and reduce the sperm count. It is also found that people who abuse steroids have higher risk of prostate cancer. Some men have experiences development of breasts. It is also increases the risk of Hepatitis and HIV.
The other side effect is steroids can cause acne development. It is found to affect the skin causing skin allergies and acne. This is because of the increased activity of sebaceous glands combined with the bacterial infestation and dead cells together causing acne.
Increased aggressiveness is also reported by the anabolic steroid users. Few studies have shown that people have actually experienced increased aggression and increased violence, mania and also psychosis. Few studies have also shown development of baldness especially with men population. Anabolic steroids have been linked to cardiovascular problems, partly because of its affect on blood lipids. In some women, these steroids have shown development of masculine or male sexual characters. Some of the characters are development of deeper voice, excess growth of hair all over the body, enlargement of external genitalia etc.
Steroids are not to be taken without physicians directions. It has good medicinal values to help certain population with the medical conditions.
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