Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Steroids and ED: The Hidden Connection Revealed! #shorts #steroids #bodybuilding #gym #anabolic

6 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue (by Anne Truong MD) describing a 30-year-old bodybuilding patient who developed erectile dysfunction after approximately seven years of high-dose anabolic steroid use. The speaker introduces the case to highlight that steroid-induced ED is more common than people think and signals an intent to explain the biological reasons why anabolic steroids can cause ED.

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I had a patient that came to see me because he's only 30 years old. He has erectile dysfunction, been healthy all his life, eat well, exercise well. However, he's been involved with bodybuilding for about seven years. He takes high dose steroid, anabolic steroids to help him build more muscle so he can compete. But because of seven years of taking steroid, he now experiencing ed. And I wanted to talk about more about that because it's more common than you think and kind of dive into why anabolic steroids can cause ed.