... side effects can be: liver tumors, cancers, jaundice (which is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids), fluid retention, high blood pressure, increase in LDL (bad cholesterol), severe acne, serious cardiovascular problems, including cardiomyopathies or inflammation of the heart muscle, irregular heart rhythm, development of embolisms (blockage of an artery by a clot or particle that is carried in the ... ...

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... manifest for months, years and even decades. Therefore, long after you gave them up you may develop side effects." (Wadler, 7/13/03). These side effects include impotence, menstrual cycle changes, acne, liver damage, heart attacks and strokes, clotting disorders and more. The more steroid use is studied, the more dangerous it reveals itself to be in terms of physical, psychological and ... ...

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... longer and harder; but long-term, high dose effects of steroid use are largely unknown. The major side effects of anabolic steroid use include liver tumors, jaundice, fluid retention, severe acne, and high blood pressure (Schwarzenegger, 312). Men who use steroids may also face shrinking of the testicles, reduced sperm count, infertility, baldness, and development of the breasts. Women who use ... ...

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... professional ranks, the opportunity to get a free education, and the chance to have the body that many people only dream of having the negative side effects such as hair loss, acne, and shrunken testicles can seem worth the risk. In conclusion I leave this question for an aspiring athlete is it worth the risk not to use some sort of performance enhancing ... ...

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