Anabolic Steroids: <br />A Dangerous Means to an End
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Along with eating disorders, the use of anabolic steroids can affect your sexual health. They are the synthetic version of the hormone testosterone and are used often by body builders and other athletes. They are also used to promote the fast development of skeletal muscle and to enhance body image and athletic performance. They are addictive because they produce a state of euphoria, diminish fatigue, and increase a sense a power. However, there are serious and permanent body damages that can result from the use of anabolic steroids and some are irreversible including sterility, heart attacks, strokes, liver damage, and personality changes. If used in men, testosterone production shuts down causing breast growth and testicular atrophy, which is the decrease in size or wasting away of the testicles. In healthy women excessive hair growth, acne, and reproductive problems, as well as voice changes can occur. Non-athletes also use anabolic steroids. To obtain these steroids a prescription is required. If you do not have a prescription it is illegal as well as dangerous.