When Bodybuilding and Steroids Go Wrong
Steroids are extremely powerful and a substance that can wreak havoc on the human body if misused. Bodybuilders and athletes have been taking anabolic steroids since the 60′s. Many bobybuilders will go to excess doses of steroids in order to compete, because steroids increase muscle hardness, improve mass, strength and endurance.
While it’s not common to suffer critical of life-threatening symptoms, steroids cause potentially harmful side-effects and some are irreversible. Both genders will experience increase in acne on the face, the chest and the back. The anabolic steroid can cause behavioral changes such as increased irritability and aggression, to the extent that some steroid abusers increased aggression has caused them to rob banks, get into fights and even kill. Other side-effects include increased energy, mood swings, euphoria, sexual arousal, forgetfulness, distractions, and confusion.
Bad side-effects on the cardiovascular system has led to heart attacks, and with bodybuilders younger than 30, have developed enlargement of the heart’s left ventricle. Their blood chemistry is changed by the steroids causing blood clots leading to disruption of the blood flow to the heart, damaging the heart muscle. With prolong use of steroids bodybuilders will develop high levels of cholesterol, which will clog the arteries and lead to serious heart issues.
Teenagers using anabolic steroids are especially in danger; the steroids will interfere with the normal growth hormones of the body, and will lead to a premature development of the epiphyses, which leads to stunted growth.
It doesn’t matter how the steroid is taken, orally, by patch or injection, it still has to pass through the liver, which puts a significant amount of strain on the liver and causes a great deal of damage and create tumors that will lead to internal bleeding. Steroids taken in high doses will lead to the development of peliosis hepatitis, jaundice and cancer. Steroids taken by injection is easier on the liver, but only easier. Steroids taken orally, can cause stomach distention, chronic constipation, and lots of gas, and that last effect is not pretty if the bodybuilder wants to keep their friends.
Depression is only aggravated with the use of steroids and for men, they will experience a short-term increase in their sex drive, but it’s then followed by a suppression of testosterone, which will shrink the testes. It will lower the sperm count and make them infertile and well as develop gynecomastia. For women, there is a dangerous irreversible side-effect of masculinization. If a bodybuilder stops abusing steroids, they will be hit with extreme depression, apathy, fatigue and withdrawal symptoms almost the same as a drug user.
Basically, bodybuilders who abuse steroids will have many serious side-effects causing bodily issues that will lead to disabling the body instead of helping the body.
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