Drugs and athletic performance
By: Nick LeDuc
Taking pills through the mouth is another way to take steroids.
Injection is a way to do steroids.
Drugs and athletic performance
Sources
www.mayoclinic.com/health/performance...drugs/HQ01105
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/SM/00045.html
http://dwb.unl.edu/teacher/nsf/c10/c10links/www.tcada.state.tx.us/research/facts/steroids.html
Local source: GNC, Address: 1850 Adams Street, Mankato, MN 56001
Media Influences
Interpersonal Communication
Doctors- There is a benefit of going to a doctor that has a profession in steroids. They can tell you the health risks and the doctors could give you the help you needed.
Immediate and long term risk factors
Long term:
Vital Organs: Prolonged heavy use of steroids can permanently damage the liver, causing cancer, jaundice, bleeding, and hepatitis.
Reproductive System: In males, excess testosterone is converted to the female hormone estrogen
Men may develop: Prominent breasts, Baldness, Shrunken testicles, Infertility
Women may develop: A deeper voice, An enlarged clitoris, Increased body hair, Baldness
Short term: acne, oily skin, deepening of the voice
Advances
Urine testing has been use to detect the use of steroids. More ways to detect steroid use is if the person has bad acne, oily skin, or unrealistic muscle size