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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
(Post 19763494)
There is no connection to penis size and steroid use.
And while most just make stupid comments, mine come from constant education and experience. I've let myself go considerably in the last 5 years or so. In the next 6 months, my body fat will be down to 10% and I'll have gained 20+ pounds of lean muscle mass, a with regular trips to the doctor and regular blood work.
And if steroids were so dangerous ..... where are all the bodies? There is not a single gym in this country without a lot of people juicing. There are clinics everywhere prescribing testosterone and growth hormone. Many steroids are widely used by not only amateur, college and professional athletes and fitness professionals worldwide but by many many more regular people... Yet there are no bodies from the millions and millions of people using any of these drugs. Hospitals are not filling up. Baseball players and football players aren't growing 3rd arms or dropping dead. Anything abused is dangerous. Alcohol, cigarettes and sugar are FAR more dangerous to ones health than the 24 yr old girl taking anavar to lose some fat or the 50 year old being prescribe testosterone And having his test levels at that of an 18 yr old and seeing every aspect of his health improve greatly.
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Yep, you've certainly convinced me.
Anabolic steroids are used as performance-enhancing drugs to increase the ability to do work and exercise by abnormally stimulating muscle growth, power, and aerobic capacity. This increased function comes with a cost of potentially life-threatening side effects.
The complications of anabolic steroid abuse are a result of excess testosterone affecting almost all the organ systems in the body. Some of the effects are reversible and decrease when the drug abuse stops while others are permanent and irreversible.
In males, the excess steroid suppresses the normal testosterone production in the body and can lead to shrunken testicles and decreased sperm count, baldness, and breast development (gynecomastia).
In females, steroids will lead to masculinization with loss of body fat and breast size, swelling of the clitoris, deepening of the voice, and the development of facial and body hair.
Life-threatening side effects include heart attack and stroke, the risk of forming blood clots (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus), liver cancer, and liver failure.
The skin is often affected by excess steroid use and the issues are similar to the adolescent male going through puberty with its testosterone spike. Acne is often present along with cyst formation in the skin. Hair can also become oily.
Infections are a common side effect of steroid abuse because of needle sharing and unsanitary techniques used when injecting the drugs into the skin. These are similar risks to IV drug abusers with increase potential to acquire blood-borne infections such as hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. Skin abscesses may occur at injection sites and may spread to other organs of the body. Endocarditis or an infection of the heart valves is not uncommon.
Psychiatric and psychologic complications include manic behavior and psychosis including hallucinations and delusions. Aggressive behavior is common and is often known as "roid rage"
Because the muscle growth can occur quickly, it can cause stress on the tendons that attach the muscle to bone and anabolic steroid abusers are at risk for tendon rupture.
Anabolic steroids can increase bone production, especially in the skull and face. Teeth can splay apart as the maxilla and mandible grow. There can be overgrowth of the forehead giving an "Incredible Hulk" appearance. If adolescent teenagers abuse steroids before they have finished growing, these drugs can prematurely close bone growth plates, leading to short stature.
http://www.medicinenet.com/anabolic_..._steroid_abuse