The use of steroids is headline news right now both in the
United States and worldwide. Big names in professional
sports have rumored, or admitted to using steroids to bulk
up their bodies and improve their game. Our teenagers look
up them as role models and it's sad to see them letting our
teens down. When they see their favorite athlete using
steroids, they believe if it's all right for these stars,
it's all right for them too.
Few realize what some of the terrible side effects are for
those who use anabolic steroids. Some teenagers discover
too late and the damage is irreparable or they are dead.
Yes, it is that serious!
Anabolic steroids are a synthetic substance that promotes
the growth of skeletal muscles and is related to the male
hormone testosterone. There are over 100 known steroids
that have been developed since first discovered in 1930.
They were found to be effective in building skeletal muscle
in laboratory animals and were first used by weight lifters
and bodybuilders. It caught on with other athletes and is
so prolific it has been know to affect the outcome of
sports.
The lawful medical uses of these steroids are used to treat
some impotence, delayed puberty, and help the body fight
wasting diseases like HIV infection. These steroids are
illegal in the United States but are smuggled into the
country and sold by drug dealers. The use of steroids can
effect a good portion of a teenager's body.
Users of steroids use injection as a means to getting the
substance into the body. They often are not careful and use
non-sterile injections or share needles with other abusers.
Manufactured steroids are often made in environments that
are not sterile and this puts the user in added danger.
Hepatitis B and C, HIV, and other viral infections can be
injected into the body with non-sterile needles. Infections
can form at the injection sights and cause abscesses to
form. A potentially fatal side effect is endocarditis which
is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the
inner lining of the heart.
Steroid use has also been linked with liver tumors and
blood-filled cysts in the liver. If these rupture as they
sometimes do, they cause internal bleeding, another
potential life threatening condition.
Steroids affect the cardiovascular system. Misuse can cause
heart attacks and strokes. These can affect all athletes,
even teenagers.
There have been many reports of teenagers who have died of
taking steroids. Steroids decrease the good levels of
cholesterol, and increase the bad cholesterol which can
increase the risk of blood clots that stop the blood flow
to the heart or brain and become fatal.
Steroid use can cause problems with the skin, such as acne
and cysts. It can also cause oily skin and hair.
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Steven Godlewski is a self-made millionaire and is
currently working with the staff at PillFreeVitamins.com He
has an extensive background in nutrition as well as other
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