Anabolic steroids are man-made or human-made variations of the male sex hormone testosterone.
The possible adverse reactions are as follows:
- Severe acne, oily skin and hair
- Hair loss
- Liver disease, such as liver tumors and cysts
- Kidney disease
- An enlarged heart, high blood pressure and changes in blood cholesterol, increase the risk of stroke and heart attack, even in young people.
- Negative mental effects, such as
- Irritabilité
- Increased aggression
- Depression
- Suicidal tendencies
- Paranoid jealousy (extreme, unreasonable)
- Delusions – false beliefs or ideas
- Impaired judgment
- Mania
- Alterations in cholesterol and other blood lipids
- Gynecomastia (abnormal development of the mammary glands in men causing breast enlargement)
- Shrinkage of the testicles
- Azoospermia (absence of sperm in semen)
- Infertility
- Delayed growth and height in adolescents
- Risk of viral or bacterial infections from unsterile injections
- Increased production of red blood cells.
- Increased risk of prostate cancer
