‘‘With continued
use of steroids,
some of these
effects become
irreversible...’’
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can also aff the
hormonal system. people who
people who
consume these drugs, can credrugs, can
ate damage to to the body an
create damage the body an irreversible or reversibly way.
irreversible or reversibly way.
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reversibly way can reduce
the production of sperm and
production of sperm and
shrinking of the testicles (tesof the testicles (testicular atrophy) apart from this
from
the irreversible changes include
this the irreversible changes
male-pattern baldness and
include male-pattern baldness
breast development (gynecoand breast development (gymastia in men). With With connecomastia in men). continued
use of use of steroids, some of
tinued steroids, some of these
effects ects become irreversthese eff become irreversible.
ible.
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