Effects of steroids in adolescents!
Steroids, we all know are hormones, mostly artificially administered in the body for various purposes by people. What tempts people towards using these substances are the results they show on human body which indeed makes them irresistible. However, what needs to be taken of is the age at which one begins to take these ‘juices’. Though these substances do enhance one’s body, knowing what adverse effects they might have if taken without precaution or fair knowledge is imperative.
Ideally, the younger the person administering these is, the more he is at the risk of side effects of anabolic steroids. Studies reveal that two thirds of steroid users starting using them at the age of 16. Also of the 1 million steroids newbies, three fourths are still in high school. It is when these adolescents starting abusing these drugs those issues about steroids being harmful come up. Here are some effects steroids cause in adolescents during puberty.
Anabolics affect bone growth in young men administering it. There are plates called ‘epiphyses’ present in the arms and legs at birth in the human body. The bone starts lengthening from there until a certain point in time. Also the bones of legs and arms are already growing in this age. However, when steroids are ingested, the body’s natural steroid hormones cause the epiphyses to end, turning it into a solid bone instead. Hence after it closes, the body’s long bones stop growing locking the person into a shorter adult height.
Other effects that might trouble adolescents are severe acne. To make it worse there are times when drugs prescribed to treat acne like tetracycline and isotretinoin become toxic if steroids taken by the user are taken in larger quantities than necessary.
Male pattern baldness is also seen to occur in both male and female steroid abusers but it is said that hair growth returns after the steroids are stopped.
Ideally the right age for using these starts with 25 years of age, when people start participating in sports like body building and athletics. Until then it is best to let the body use the natural genetics of the body.
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