What Are Steroids
Steroids is a type of potential chemical substance to reduce inflammation and swelling faster. This is also called Corticosteroid drug in medical terminology. Steroids also stand in relation to cortisol, a hormone produced on the cortex from the adrenaline glands.Steroids are very dangerous if not taken carefully and under medical supervision.
Also you can ask to Your Health care professional or Trainer and let your trainer to decide the use of steroids for you.
Both the Steroids and anabolic steroids have their side effects on human body. Do not be fooled into thinking there is a perfect steroid out there. That’s not true. All steroids carry some type of side effects in one form or another. There is no such thing as a side effect free steroid.
The side effects of steroids can be very serious and even fatal. Nearly everyone on systemic steroids for more than a month suffers from some adverse effects, depending on daily dose and how long they have been on systemic steroids. These may include any of the following problems, which are not listed in any particular order of importance.
Different types of steroids are being used by many people in body building. Even athletes participating in many different types of sports have been using steroids to improve performance and build muscle.
Below are only some of the side effects associated with steroid use. Some steroids lead to more side effects than others.
Anabolic Steroid Side Effects:
1. Inhibition of Natural Hormones
The inhibition of natural hormones is probably the most common and probable side effect experienced from the use of anabolic steroids. In almost all cases, adding a hormone into your body will send a message to your endocrine system to stop producing it. This is because your body wants to remain in a very balanced state — called “homeostasis,” if I remember my high school biology class correctly. To maintain homeostasis, the body wants to avoid having too much of any particular hormone. To achieve this, the body sends a message to the testicles to slow down, or even stop producing testosterone when there is too much circulating. Unfortunately, this happens when any kind of hormone is added into the body, so even if an athlete is not using testosterone, but is using other anabolic steroids, the body will still send this signal 99% of the time. Of course different steroids cause varying degrees of inhibition ranging from total shut down of endogenous (natural) testosterone production, to very mild inhibition, where some natural hormones are still being produced and circulating. In almost all cases, this inhibition is over once the steroids aren´t active in the body anymore. In the following charts, we can see a mirror image of the level of steroid in the body (Nandrolone), compared with the level of natural testosterone being produced.
Now, testosterone levels fell when Nandrolone (an anabolic steroid was administered, but interestingly, the following chart shows an almost identical mirror image, where the Nandrolone levels in the blood rise. What this indicates is that the amount of this particular steroid in the blood is directly and proportionately inhibiting natural testosterone production.
Most athletes who use anabolic steroids accept all of this as a necessary price to pay in order to experience the benefits from using steroids. In an effort to combat this, athletes have experimented throughout the years with various compounds to avoid or at least limit this problem. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, anti-estrogens, and Selective Estrogen Receptor Antagonists are all used during a cycle, or after (or both) with this goal in mind.
2. Steroid Effects and Liver Damage
Liver damage is probably the most sensationalized of all side effects possible from steroid use. The media often focuses on this particular problem as if it occurs with every steroid, and in every person who takes them. Nothing could be further than the truth. Most anabolic steroids which are ingested orally pass through the liver, which functions as the body´s filtration system. When something goes through the liver, it is broken down by various enzymes, and passed along into the bloodstream. Most research on orally administered anabolic steroids focus on the fact that liver enzymes are elevated following ingestion. But does this necessarily mean that the liver is being damaged, does it? Of course not. Commonly, studies that focus on steroid toxicity often use absurd doses, or incorrectly focus on liver activity instead of damage. The liver functions as the filter for the human body.. it´s going to be activated whenever something (not just a steroid) passes through it. Does that show that steroids damage the liver?
In another study, 16 bodybuilders using steroids were compared to 12 bodybuilders who were not. Then the bodybuilders who had used steroids stopped taking them for three months, at which points, the researchers found that liver enzymes had returned to the same levels as the non users. After only 3 months!
3. Steroid Effects on Cholesterol (Blood Lipid Profile)
Steroids can, in fact lower HDL cholesterol and raise LDL cholesterol. HDL (high density lipoprotein, commonly referred to as “good cholesterol”) helps to protect the arteries by bringing unused cholesterol to the liver where it is broken down. LDL on the other hand has the opposite effect. Some steroids can therefore cause high cholesterol levels with low HDL and high LDL. Some steroids are, of course, very mild on blood lipids, while others are notably harsh. In both cases, however, it is likely that a return to within normal parameters would occur after steroids are not being taken.
Some Other Side Effects of Steroids in Short :
- Gynocomastia (Development of breast tissue in males)
- Acne and Anabolic Steroids
- Roid Rage
- Steroids and Baldness
- Cardiovascular Problems from Anabolic Steroids
- Virilization (Development of male characteristics in women)
- Stunted Growth (height)
- Prostate Enlargement
- High Blood Pressure
- Kidney Problems
- Immune System Changes
- Sterility in Males and Females
Sterility caused by steroids is temporary, of course, and generally reversible by treatment with Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators such as Nolvadex or Clomid , and/or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.
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