I decided to create this post because of a large amount of people use or think of using illegal performance-enhancing drugs in sports these days.Lately as some of you could have heard of a doping in a national Russian team that was disqualified from upcoming Winter Olimpics in PyeongChang 2018 made me think that no one is bothered about the consequences.The consequences can vary from turnament disqualifications to serious health problems that mainly develop with time.Also gyms these days are packed with anabolic steroid users,they are nearly as popular as pizza in Italy :/.Sports disciplines became fake and unfair.The doping in sports goes back about all the way back to the very invention of the concept of sports.
Doping in competitive sports is banned since it was invented and the tests showed it could help people to enhance their power and general perfomance.Its unethical but is it safe?
Lets see at the most common pros and cons of using all sorts of doping/steroids
Pros:
Stimulants and anabolic steroids will more likely improve humans phisical abilities and enhance athletic endurance.These kinds of substances can also help to maintain high stamina during sport activities.
Steroids were designed to provide some health benefit in certain situations in medical sector.They are used to treat arthritis or inflammation and can be humans body organs saving but only when such a health issues occure.They can help to gain weight after serious operations too.
Cons :
Steroid injections are safer than oral steroids but all of them are not safe when used for a wrong reason and they can cause serious side effects.These are most common and first on the list are most dangerous for health:
- Increased Cholesterol Levels !!!
- Irregular Heartbeats and Other Heart Problem !!!
- Hypertension !!!
- Stopping production of hormons !!!
- Pancreas damage !!!
- Liver damage !!!
- Stomach irritation or bleeding !!!
- Osteoporosis !!!
- Muscle weakness !!!
- Increased growth of body hairInsomnia !!!
- High blood pressure !!!
- Weakening of bone, ligaments, and tendon !!!
- Bleeding into the joint !!!
- Infection !!!
- Allergic reactions
- Rupture of a tendon
- Skin discoloration
- Acne
- Blurred vision
- Cataracts or glaucoma
- Difficulty sleeping
- Increased appetite
- Weight gain
- Lower resistance to infection
- Nervousness
- Sudden mood swings
- Pufft face
- Water retention swelling
- Worsening of diabetes
- and even death or body parts amputation
As you can see there is a long list of possible side effects.Not every body will experince the side effects but bare in mind they will develop with time.You can feel great and wont see any while taking them but after weeks,months,years of using the possibility of apearing side effects increase and do not forget that profesional athletes who decided to take them, are under constant care of their specialists/doctors and even then they are not safe so imagine what sorts of side effects you can have when you dnt have such a profesional health care.