Steroids as a synthetic human hormone come with various benefits.
They play an important role by preventing inflammation and such. However, such drugs have been found to have devastating side effects on your body that no one will ever tell you.
Here are some of them you need to know:
1. Allergic reactions
Some people are allergic to some steroid drugs. The reactions occurs when the person's immune system reacts to the steroid. This is usually as a result of antibody response. The antibodies attach themselves to receptor sites which in turn lead to the release of histamine and this is what makes you feel uncomfortable.
For instance, you may experience skin itchiness, sneezing and even coughing.
2. Bleeding in the joints
This is caused by taking steroids. Signs of bleeding include tightness in the joints. You may not experience any pain but you will feel pain as the bleeding continues and swelling in the joints.
3. Skin discolouration
They also damage the skin. In some rare cases, discolouration may be as a result of overexposure to sunlight. Discoloured skin patches develop in some part of the body due to melanin level alteration and this is sparked by steroids.
4. Infection
Steroids can make you be predisposed to various infections ranging from skin infections to heart complications as noted by Daniel Preiato, RD, CSCS, a nutritionist.