What are five major negative side effects of steroids?

Both men and women who take anabolic steroids may:

• Get acne.
• Have an oily scalp and skin.
• Get yellowing of the skin (jaundice)
• Become bald.
• Have tendon rupture.
• Have heart attacks.
• Have an enlarged heart.
• Develop significant risk of liver disease and liver cancer.

What are the side effects of anabolic steroids in females?

In women, anabolic steroids can cause:

• facial hair growth and body hair.
• loss of breasts.
• swelling of the clitoris.
• a deepened voice.
• an increased sex drive.
• problems with periods.
• hair loss.
• severe acne.

What are anabolic androgenic steroids and how do they affect the body?

Some athletes take a form of steroids — known as anabolic-androgenic steroids or just anabolic steroids — to increase their muscle mass and strength. The main anabolic steroid hormone produced by your body is testosterone. Testosterone has two main effects on your body: Anabolic effects promote muscle building.

What are the negative effects of drugs in sport?

Although stimulants can boost physical performance and promote aggressiveness on the field, they have side effects that can impair athletic performance, including:

• Nervousness and irritability, which make it hard to concentrate on the game.
• Insomnia, which can prevent an athlete from getting needed sleep.
• Dehydration.

How does the abuse of anabolic steroids affect teens?

Teens who use anabolic steroids may also be at increased risk for some cognitive side effects compared with adults. For example, males who begin using anabolic steroids during the teen years show increased impulsivity and decreased attention, compared to men who began using steroids in their adult years.

What are the types of steroids?

The two main types are corticosteroids and anabolic-androgenic steroids (or anabolics for short).

Do anabolic steroids affect male and female reproductive organs?

Anabolic androgenic steroid use is associated with changes in sperm characteristics, a reduction in testicular volume and gynecomastia in men, as well as clitoromegaly and menstrual irregularities in women and subfertility in both sexes.

What are androgenic side effects?

When androgens are used in women, especially in high doses, male-like changes may occur, such as hoarseness or deepening of the voice, unnatural hair growth, or unusual hair loss. Most of these changes will go away if the medicine is stopped as soon as the changes are noticed.

What is an androgenic effect?

Androgenic development — that is, the development of male characteristics — begins in puberty, the time when a person becomes physically capable of producing offspring. In males, this time most commonly occurs between ages 12 and 14. A deepening voice is one of the signs of androgenic activity.