Effects of Anabolic Steroids on Your Balls
The use of anabolic steroids also causes testicular atrophy among other diseases. Young people of 28, 30 years have azoospermia (absence of spermatozoa), decreased libido and impotence because the drug affects the hormonal balance. Testicular cancer is one of the diseases caused by the overuse of anabolic steroids, but is easily cured when detected early. When compared to other cancers that affect men, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer has a low mortality rate. Currently, testicular cancer is considered one of the most curable, especially when detected in the initial stage. Physical examination seems to be the best means of early detection, since the presence of testicular mass is the most frequent complaint.
Symptoms
Symptoms may include one or more of the following signs:
In most cases, the first sign of disease is the change in the volume or shape of one or both testicles, usually they are identical in size but in testicular cancer may experience a decrease or increase by three times the volume:
- Swelling or cystic formation in one or both testicles;
- Feeling a weight in the scrotum;
- Decreased libido (sexual desire);
- Appearance of the fluid scrotal sac;
- Appearance of traces of blood in the semen;
- Tiredness, general weakness;
- Appearance of a hard nodule, usually painless;
- Pain inaccurate in the abdomen;
- Bleeding in the urine;
Unlike most tumors, testicular cancer is more common in young people than in old ones, with the most common tumors being in men between the ages of 20 and 40 family history: Men who were born with gonadal dysgenesis (a condition in which there is a defect in the development of the testicle still in the uterine life) or Klinefelter syndrome (change in the genetic determination of sex) may be at increased risk for testicular cancer Men in whom the testis not descended into the scrotal pouch or who have had cancer in one of the testicles, are also at increased risk.
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This tumor is more common in white men.
Prevention
Self-examination of the testicles is a salutary and very important habit in the prevention of this type of cancer and should be performed monthly after a bath. The heat relaxes the scrotum and facilitates the observation of abnormalities.
Diagnosis
On the one hand, it is an aggressive disease with a high index of tumor cell duplication (which can lead to a rapid evolution of the pathology); on the other hand, it is easy to diagnose and one of the tumors with a higher cure rate, since it is highly responsive to chemotherapeutic agents available.
Testicular cancer has blood tumor markers (alpha-fetoprotein and beta-HCG) that can help in the diagnosis and future follow-up of the disease.
Testicular Self Examination
How to do the self-examination: The man can perform “self examination” after the warm bath with the flaccid scrotal ball. Standing in front of the mirror, try to see if there is any swelling in the area, palpating with your hands, some abnormal formation, remembering that the testicles may not be the same size and a structure attached to the testis is the epididymis.
Technique:
- Examine each with both hands. The index and middle fingers should be at the bottom of them and the thumb at the top.
- Rotate each one between the thumb and middle fingers and index finger. One can usually be a little bigger than the other.
- On the back of both are the epididymides, which have the function of maturing and storing the spermatozoa. If they are hardened they may be clogged or swollen.
- Look for any hardened area, nodules or irregularities on the surface of it. They are usually painless.
- Perform this “self-examination” every month.
If you find a lump seek the doctor immediately, remembering that testicular cancer is highly curable, as long as it is discovered early.
Treatment
When the disease is detected in more advanced stages, there may be a need to remove the lymph nodes from the groin and abdomen, the doctor may also indicate chemotherapy to destroy cancer cells that may have migrated to other parts of the body. To remove cancerous cells that may have been in the scrotal area, the doctor will indicate radiation therapy. Occasionally, to complete the treatment, it will be necessary to do chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy. The doctor will evaluate the type of conduct to be taken for each specific case.
Self-examination of the testicles is a very important healthy habit in cancer prevention, but it does not replace a clinical examination. Your doctor should examine your testicles every time you check-up and check if you are doing the self examination properly.
To avoid testicular cancer, do a monthly self examination of the testicles, especially if you have a previous history of cryptorchidism or a testicular tumor.
Follow your doctor’s advice regarding complementary treatment and clinical follow-up.
Portugal To Export Anabolic Steroids To The World
The scenario that the Criminal Police found and recorded in images could be reproduced and used in campaigns to combat the consumption of anabolics. Improvised labs operated in garages, cellars, or unhygienic kitchens, along with fats or cigarette packs.
More than 80% of the material was counterfeit. There was testosterone mixed with insulin — is something that we doctors do not even know what effects it causes because this mixture has never been tested; there were substances sold as if they were other things but they were just testosterone (which made the customers, without knowing it, brutally increase the dose of testosterone consumed); substances without any active principle (simple placebos); substances normally administered in horses (and used exclusively by veterinarians) and even testosterone made with vegetable oil to fry potatoes.
Prehistoric Law
In order for customers not to doubt the authenticity of the products, the nets used jars, labels and holograms that gave drugs a credible look. Facebook was the biggest selling point. A page titled Best-Pharma — decorated with pictures of a laboratory and people dressed in gowns — functioned as an authentic online pharmacy of steroids and other products for weight loss and erectile dysfunction. Only one of these networks produced 30,000 capsules per week.
In all, 19 people — some with backgrounds linked to drug trafficking — were caught in this operation to export, distribute or manufacture anabolic substances. But only three have been charged by the Department of Criminal Investigation and Action (DIAP) of Lisbon, due to the obstacles of the law.
Portugal is in pre-history in terms of legislation, leaving room for the catchers to re-join — even because profits are tempting. The law only punishes those who provide high-level athletes. But the great slice of consumption is in the gyms. Therefore the main problem is not regulated by law.
Originally published at menhealthsex.com on July 9, 2018.
