Kidney Damage found in Bodybuilders Using Steroids

Athletes using steroids are at risk for kidney damage, according to a report from the American Academy of Nephrology. Researchers, for the first time, have found that bodybuilders who used steroids long-term had signs of kidney damage, evidenced by protein leakage in the urine from steroid abuse.

Researchers studied ten athletes with reported long-term steroid use. The bodybuilders using steroids developed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or scarring of the kidneys. The condition is normally associated with morbid obesity.

When steroid use among the bodybuilders was discontinued, kidney function returned to normal - with the exception of one who required kidney dialysis for renal failure.

The reason steroids cause kidney damage is thought to be related to stress placed on the kidneys from muscle mass. The researchers also say steroids may have a direct toxic effect on the kidneys.

Kidney damage associated with steroid use was not previously known. The new study shows that that long term anabolic steroid use can scar the kidneys and lead to kidney dysfunction. One of the ten bodybuilders studied required dialysis.

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