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Hussain Jassim 10N Mr. Ali Al Shehab English/ Essay 15/4/2017 Steroid Use A steroid is an organic compound with four rings arranged in a specific molecular configuration. Steroids are often used by sports men, like footballers, basketball players, wrestlers and body builders, body builders are people who need steroids to build up their muscles, many Olympics athletes use steroids to cheat in cretin games like swimming, football and others. “There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves. It sucks.”~David Wells. What are the effects of prolonged steroid use on the human body? There are two major types of steroids Testosterone and Corticosteroid. Testosterone, …show more content…

According to the book (Drug Games) many body builders died because of taking steroids, Dean Whereby is a body builder who took steroids for several years to improve his physique, but unfortunately he got cancer from overusing steroids, after that he stopped using steroids and started taking natural medication until he died from cancer. Scientists research to find the negative impact of steroids, there were multiple results found, steroids can actually cause death and cancer and other kind of terrible diseases, but if not overusing it can be fine according to the …show more content…

This came after more than 2 years of intensive training and anabolic steroids to pump his muscles to these extremes. His objective was to make himself popular and famous by using anabolic steroid. Anabolic steroid can cause infection to the blood stream and to some of the body parts like the arm, leg, triceps and biceps; it also raises the chance of heart attacks. Side effects are much more common with oral drugs; some side effects are more serious than others. Emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction. sleep problems, mood changes many people get anger problems from using steroids; weight gain, increased sweating, dry skin, thinning skin, bruising or discoloration; slow wound healing; headache, dizziness, spinning sensation, stomach pain, bloating; the shape of a persons body can change from using steroids and also movement of body fat in the

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