They can also cause damage, sometimes permanent damage. Just a few things that can happen include edema, acne, scrotal pain (in men), nausea, increased urination, personality disorders/aggression, nervousness and euphoria. The last of those is commonly called a “steroid rush”. More serious damage includes liver tumors, psychosis, hypertension and dysplastic changes. Despite this, the ability to exercise longer and harder is what brings the allure to anabolic steroids and ergogenic substances, legal or illegal (Ahrendt, 2017).
Many people conflate steroids and human growth hormone, or HGH. However, that is a big misnomer. This is because HGH and anabolic steroids are not the same thing. It is important to define the terminology involved. Anabolic, by definition, means a substance that enhances the metabolism or complex chemical synthesis. The term anabolic can technically refer to HGH, although the differences start from there. The only other similarities they share is that both can be prescribed by a doctor, they are illegal to use outside of that doctor/patient relationship and they are both hormones. HGH is indeed a hormone. It regulates and stimulate the necessary and needed processes in the body. This is especially true as a person ages from childhood to adulthood. Indeed, there is a lot of bone and muscle growth that occurs over that period. HGH is a necessary building block to make that work. Even after that period is over, HGH is still needed for things like cellular growth. However, HGH production in the body tends to fall off and wane as a person gets older. The body feels this happening. Indeed, there is the common complaint of many people in their 40’s that they are “getting old”. There are some doctors that prescribe HGH as a means to help their patients, although this is done in a deliberate and careful way. It is very much like testosterone in this regard, and for the same reason. HGH is actually superior to anabolic steroids in that they are much more “available” to the body. The body is much more able to use and harness HGH as compared to anabolic steroids. Even if steroids and HGH are very different, the effects that are commonly rendered from HGH are very attractive to those that use it. Hair and nails look better, fat burning is better and bone health all tend to be improved n people that use HGH, legally or illegally (Gaines, 2017).
Using too much HGH or in the wrong way, however, is dangerous. There is a reason it is tightly controlled and regulated through the…
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