ifyousayso
05-23-2007, 04:54 PM
Specialists believe problem even greater than statistics
If you've ever watched the series House you may have caught the show about the teenager taking steroids and the site of injection became infected. It looks like a round circle. I recently saw a female athlete that had that very same injection appearance on her upper hip area and not that it was from steroids, it just made me think. It made me want to research further... I found this article which talks about a female potential olympian that tested positive for steroids, but, it isnt just our olympian level athletes doing this any longer it is also our high school level athletes. I wonder how many parents are actually participating in their usage.
The Boston Globe reports, "So bad, several specialists said, that young female users are exposing themselves to serious health consequences. Anabolic steroids, synthetic forms of the male hormone testosterone, can cause serious heart, liver, and kidney damage, as well as aggression, commonly known as "roid rage." The drug also can contribute to the masculinization of women, with the growth of facial hair, male pattern baldness, an irreversibly deepened voice, and the cessation of the menstrual cycle. Adolescents also risk stunting their height.
"The young women who are using them better think about not having kids," warned Teresa Moore, a prize-winning bodybuilder who teaches at the School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina and counsels female athletes against using steroids. "They may be able to see the masculinization one day when they look in the mirror, but they won't be able to see what it's doing to their internal organs, including completely shutting down their reproductive systems."
READ HERE (http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2005/05/10/steroid_use_by_young_women_troubling/?page=1)
If you've ever watched the series House you may have caught the show about the teenager taking steroids and the site of injection became infected. It looks like a round circle. I recently saw a female athlete that had that very same injection appearance on her upper hip area and not that it was from steroids, it just made me think. It made me want to research further... I found this article which talks about a female potential olympian that tested positive for steroids, but, it isnt just our olympian level athletes doing this any longer it is also our high school level athletes. I wonder how many parents are actually participating in their usage.
The Boston Globe reports, "So bad, several specialists said, that young female users are exposing themselves to serious health consequences. Anabolic steroids, synthetic forms of the male hormone testosterone, can cause serious heart, liver, and kidney damage, as well as aggression, commonly known as "roid rage." The drug also can contribute to the masculinization of women, with the growth of facial hair, male pattern baldness, an irreversibly deepened voice, and the cessation of the menstrual cycle. Adolescents also risk stunting their height.
"The young women who are using them better think about not having kids," warned Teresa Moore, a prize-winning bodybuilder who teaches at the School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina and counsels female athletes against using steroids. "They may be able to see the masculinization one day when they look in the mirror, but they won't be able to see what it's doing to their internal organs, including completely shutting down their reproductive systems."
READ HERE (http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2005/05/10/steroid_use_by_young_women_troubling/?page=1)