What are the risks of taking steroids?
Info taken from TheSite.org The risks: * Unwanted side effects associated with steroid use include irritability and aggressiveness (‘roid rage’), acne, accelerated hair loss, and a bloated appearance. * In women steroids have a masculinising effect and can cause growth of facial and body hair, baldness, a deepening voice deepening, shrinking breasts, enlargement of the clitoris and disruption of the menstrual cycle. * For men the risks include erection problems, breast growth, shrinking testicles, reduces sperm levels and possible sterility. * Some of these side-effects, such as breast growth, can be irreversable without surgery. * Long term heavy use may damage the heart, liver and kidneys. Young people taking steroids may find their growth rate adversely affected. * Injecting steroids can damage veins, while sharing needles or syringes places users at risk of infection from HIV and hepatitis.
