As we know that the use of this drug in sporting events is prohibited, it is due to the effects of these drugs that make the users  to become very aggressive as a result of hormones that act on this drug, so it can make users win the game. In addition, these drugs are also widely used by bodybuilders who want to quickly improve their muscles. Besides main effects, it turns out this drug has many unwanted side effects.

Anabolic steroid drug that injected to improve muscles in bodybuilders

Side effects that can be caused by the use of anabolic steroids in long term are:

1. Shrunk testicles

This is due to the excess testosterone in blood, would inhibit the production of the nature testosterone that is produced in testicles. Also the lack of nature testosterone would induce much female hormone and cause female sexual growth: breast enlargement, body hair loss, etc.

Breast enlargement on man

2. Prostate cancer

The cause of prostate cancer is the imbalance between male and female hormonal. Prostate cancer could be found on anabolic steroid prolong user.

3. Hirsutism

The woman who develops masculine sexual appearance is called as hirsutism, it could be caused by using anabolic steroid of a female user. The symptoms are: the changing of the voice, facial and body hair growth, and the enlargement of clitoris.

Facial hair growth on a woman this condition is called hirsutism

Since you are all now knowing some information retrieved from this article, you may not use anabolic steroid for any sporting game. This would disqualify you from the game, also you will likely to have bad side effects in your body.

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Hepatitis C is one of the diseases that can be transmitted by sharing syringe. Infection of hepatitis C virus is often transmitted among drug addicts who used injection. Moreover, HIV and hepatitis C are often found together, this is because the same mode of transmission is through exchange of body fluids: blood.

Blood is the rich source of many infectious disease

Hepatitis C causes severe damage of the liver. Where these viruses do damage in the liver parenchym, and cause the liver can not function properly anymore. Also, due to damage of the liver parenchym can cause extensive scar tissue formation, in which case we know as well as liver cirrhosis. When you have liver cirrhosis, you would likely to have high risk of  liver cancer.

Liver cancer

In 60-70% of patients with hepatitis C are asymptomatic, but symptoms can be found in hepatitis C patiens are as follows:
1. Flu like syndrome
2. Decreased appetitie
3. Yellowish skin or jaundice
4. Stomach pain

Hepatitis C patient with jaundice

Hepatitis C can become chronic if the illness lasts more than 6 months, currently it has begun to form extensive scar in the liver or also known as cirrhosis of the liver. Chronic liver cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis C is much faster than the infection of hepatitis B.

So far the treatment of hepatitis C is still very minimal, it is desirable for prevention of hepatitis C virus, especially through the use of shared syringes in addicts. approximately 35% of HIV patients in the United States are infected by hepatitis C, the highest, especially in the addicts who use the same syringe.

If you have hepatitis C virus in your body, it means you are signing your own death certificate. It is now the best time for you to start using drugs through shared syringe and contact any rehab center to have your own blood screening and rehabilitation from your addiction.

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Pregnancy is something that every married couple is waiting for, so they need to take care of the pregnancy so the baby that will born later will not in handicapped state. Almost every people drink alcohol, but the excessive alcohol consumption will bring some disadvantages to health, especially for under special circumstance: pregnancy. It is acknowledged that alcohol consumption excessively during pregnancy is prohibited.

Alcohol in pregnancy is not suggested

Alcohol in pregnancy can cause many problems to the mother and the fetus. The problems that would likely to be found in fetus are:

1. Mental Retardartion

Mostly alcohol works on the human brain by blocking the inhibition system so the consumer can not stop to do anything beyond the consciousness. But in pregnancy, alcohol is not only work on mother’s brain, but it affects the fetus brain and one of the most found cause is mental retardation. Mental retarded kids are having problems in adapting to their environment, this condition will likely to cause the problems to their adulthood. So, any pregnancy woman is advised not to drink much alcohol during her pregnancy.

Mental retardation in kid, one of the cause is alcoholism during pregnancy

2. Fetal Death

Excess alcohol in pregnant mother’s blood is toxic to the fetus, it is common for the alcoholism woman to get miscarriage during her pregnancy if she does not stop the alcohol consumption, especially during the first trimester of her pregnancy.

3. Premature Birth

One of the effect of consuming alcohol is premature birth, means the baby is born less than 37 weeks or at least having weight less than 2500 gram. Premature birth is not good for the baby, because the baby is in immature growth condition, this is affecting many organs to the baby such as lungs and heart. The baby that born in premature is having high risk in respiratory distress syndrome which the lungs are not yet well developed. There is also heart problem: PDA (Patent Duct Arteriosus) which connects between aorta and pulmonary vein, in premature baby this duct sometimes can not shrink well, later the baby will have heart defect that cause the baby to blue or carbondioxide poisoning, because the circulation is not good.

Respiratory distress baby in intensive care

It is the time for you to realize the disadvantages of excess alcohol consumption. Protect your baby from the handicapped state, and be a good mother by not drinking alcohol during your pregnancy. If you are in addict status, you can start to rehab yourself, contact any humanitarian organization that fights against alcohol consumption or to any rehabilitation center.

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Beside HIV, Hepatitis could be one of problems among IV drug addicts. Its transmission is same with the HIV: blood or body fluid exchange, sexual contact even. There are several types of hepatitis virus, hepatitis virus type B and C are the most common. The mode of transmission is clear: through a sharing syringe between drug users. Both of hepatitis B and C are likely to cause liver problems that lead to liver failure because the damage and even to liver cancer.

The look of liver of hepatitis

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Alcoholism is considered as one of the addiction, although alcohol is widely used in many western country. Excess drinking of alcohol is not only bad to your healthiness such as to cause problems to liver and pancreas, also alcohol could cause problem to mental health especially to the social status of the people who consume excessively. Alcoholic person can not be accepted in their environment and in their family when they become so rage and start to do some criminal acts and some serious damages.

Alcohol is considered as abuse substance if it is consumed excesively

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Marijuana has been known made from a plant called Cannabis sativa. The most common part used from this plant   is the leave. Dried leaves could be smoked like tobacco and produce a chemical substance: THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol). Because of this THC  a lot of people have fallen into an addictive state, thus some countries are banning of using marijuana or smoke weed because of the addiction and dosage tolerance issue.

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As we know, one of the most feared disease that could be transmitted from IV drug use is HIV. People who are addicted to IV drug are sometimes using shared syringe along with the other addicts, so there is a chance that HIV or AIDS man among them will also transmit the HIV to others from the used syringe. There is no single medication in this world that can treat kill HIV in human body, any drug such as ARV (Anti Retro Virus) only works to slow the process of the virus replication. Now, it is the time for you to realize the risk of using IV drugs through a sharing syringe.

Sharing syringe could transmite HIV

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