Steroids Abuse & Side-Effects
Men who take anabolic steroids may:
-Develop breasts
-Get painful erections
-Have their testicles shrink
-Have decreased sperm count
-Become infertile
-Become impotent
Women who take anabolic steroids may:
-Grow excessive face and body hair
-Have their voices deepen
-Experience menstrual irregularities
-Have an enlarged clitoris
-Have reduced breast size
-Have a masculinized female fetus
Both men and women who take anabolic steroids may:
-Get acne
-Have an oily scalp and skin
-Get yellowing of the skin (jaundice)
-Become bald
-Have tendon rupture
-Have heart attacks
-Have 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 masculinization
By: Saad Ali