Human Growth Hormone Side Effects

So why would you want to boost your Human Growth Hormone? And why go to the trouble?

Human Growth Hormone is highly attractive on the surface, it solves many problems for many people. Infact if you were to just look at the list of benefits, you'd probably think it was crazy not to supplement it with a little bit extra every month.

Let's look at what some folk have to say;

"Human growth Hormone can help you grow taller"

"It (Human growth Hormone) increases muscle mass, and makes you stronger & more athletic"

"It increases energy and allows me to work out longer and harder than I would normally be able"

"It helps aging, and can be used as an anti aging device"

"Human growth Hormone gives you more energy so you can recover quickly from exhausting activities & get started again right away. E.g Weight training"

Definitely some compelling reasons to check out human growth hormone, everyone from the old to the young, to the short and tall have a reason they might want to add a little extra to their diet.

But is it that simple?

If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

That's not to say hGH doesn't provide those benefits, i'm pretty certain in most cases, it probably does. Infact you'd be pretty hard pressed to find evidence to contradict those facts. However, it doesn't come without it's drawbacks.

Human growth hormone occurs naturally in the body, as stated above, however, hormones are regulated to defined levels within our bodies for a reason. Sometimes, our body makes a mistake, and doesn't produce enough for various reasons, varying depending on the hormone & the situation, however generally it's done it's job correctly and increasing doses of various hormones can have some unwanted side effects.

One of the biggest side effects of hGH, is it's unnatural growth of the bones and organs. It accelerates growth in the bones, however because growth in main height producing bones is capped once we leave puberty, it only affects certain bones, such as the hands and feet, which can leave you looking incredibly dispropotionate.

It also accelerates growth in the face bones, such as the jaw and along the eyebrow ridge, which causes a protruding jaw as well as moutainous eyebrows.

Aside from just bone growth, hGH accelerates the growth of all internal organs. This can be incredibily dangerous for organs such as the heart, and lead to conditions such as cardiomyopathy.

Here's a quote from the BBC website concerning the various side effects;

Excess HGH in the body can cause acromegaly, a disease where the hands become spade-like in appearance as they get bigger. Growth of the facial bones causes the face to change shape too.

The jaw becomes larger, with spaces appearing between the teeth because of this, and the eyebrows become more prominent. The tongue enlarges and the skin becomes coarse and oily.

Organs like the heart, liver and kidneys will also undergo excessive growth, leading to potentially life-threatening problems - one of which is cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle.

The heart loses its ability to pump blood and, in some instances, heart rhythm is disturbed, leading to irregular heartbeats

There is also an increased risk of cancers due to the abnormal growth of cells.