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22-year old male complaining of reduced size of testicles, fear of…
22-year old male complaining of reduced size of testicles, fear of infertility and decreased sex drive; curious of other side effects of steriods.
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Background Information
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Major Endocrine Glands, Functions, Hormones
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Negative-Feedback Systems, Up & Down Regulation
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Maximized natural level of muscle build, results to steroids to increase muscular gain
Chronic use of anabolic steroids causes receptors of that hormone to decrease their sensitivity, causing the patient to take more steroids in order to get desired physical results
Brain even sends signals to stop producing natural testosterone due to increase in blood testosterone levels; may cause the release of inhibin which attempts to decrease sperm count from excess testosterone
Decrease in sperm count causes testes to shrink, causing infertility