Steroids may also be called as ‘roids’, juice, sauce or gear. They come in the form of tablets which are to be taken orally and the liquid ones are to be injected through the skin into the vein. Like everything steroids too are used in two ways, one is to be used to rectify certain medical condition and the other is to be used without consulting a health expert which is considered illegal and calls for obvious and uncountable side effects.
Sexual dysfunction with steroids is one of the major side effects which can hamper the health of the abuser in unthinkable ways. Anabolic steroids are a synthetic form of male hormone called testosterone. Primarily it is used to get changes in one’s appearance like bodybuilders to use them for gaining muscles, athletes use it for strengthening their bodies for stamina and improved performances and it is also used by common people to get faster recovery from injuries and wounds.
SEXUAL PERFORMANCE
Steroids contain heavy amounts of a synthetic male hormone called testosterone, injected through injections. Since it is an unnatural way of increasing the quantity of this hormone; it tends to affect the human body adversely especially sexual performance. Let’s brush up on some very common side effects of anabolic steroids on sexual health. Have a look!
On one side where it tends to enhance the muscles in the body or gives extra strength to the athletes, on the other side it diminishes and agitates the perfection and system of sexual health by drastically reducing the production of sperm. Men, who have been abusing steroids, become a victim of a reduction in sperm count.
DECREASE IN NATURAL TESTOSTERONE LEVEL
Anabolic androgenic steroids are the liquid or juicy form of the male hormone present in the men’s body called testosterone. It has been found that if this male hormone is being abused by injecting in the body, which is an unnatural way of increasing the amount, it affects the natural production which results in deteriorated sexual performance.
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Erectile dysfunction is one of the most common and primary aftermaths of steroid abuse in men. Since it is being taken illegally without consulting with the doctor, the overdose of steroids leads to a reduction of testosterone levels in the body. As a result, it comes with the degradation of erectile in men.
INFERTILITY
Infertility is one of the most hazardous consequences of steroid abuse in both- men and women. The usage of steroid in men decreases the sperm count which is the primary factor of getting infertile. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of effort and long term treatments to get back to the natural and desired quantity of sperm production in order to reproduce adequately.
Whereas in women, steroid intake results in an irregular menstrual cycle and it goes haywire. The primary factor of a woman’s fertility depends on her menstrual cycle and its regularity, which prepares her for fertility. But if that faces any disorder the fertility is bound to get affected.