But he extracted the cyst in the arm muscle from coconut oil because he also used steroids. He reported that the 25-year-old man had a broken triceps and needed surgery. Because of his arm injury, he went to see a doctor for the first time and has been unable to move for several months. He told the doctor that he started exercising four years ago and went to the gym three times a week.
Ultrasound showed that the tendon was broken, connecting the triceps (upper arm) with the bone near the elbow. According to reports, this kind of injury is rare among young people. Ultrasound also showed multiple cysts in his arm muscles.
Based on these findings, the man's doctor suspected that he might have injected drugs into his arm. When he was asked this question, the patient admitted that he injected coconut oil into the arm muscles to increase the size and clarity of the muscles. 27 strangest medical cases
According to the report, although anabolic steroids may be the most famous substance injected by bodybuilders to strengthen muscles, they sometimes inject other substances, including natural oils, such as sesame oil, walnut oil and paraffin wax, to make muscles look bigger. According to the report, natural oils are cheaper than anabolic steroids, which may make them an attractive choice, especially for amateur bodybuilders.
"Shockingly, this short-term muscle appearance improvement seems to cost a lot," said the man's doctor in the BMJ case report published on June 5438+February 1, from the NHS Trust Health System of the Northwest Medical Center in London. In the previous case, a bodybuilder in Germany was injected with sesame oil for 8 years, and the muscle tissue was scarred and deformed, and the muscle injury was irreversible, so he could not lift weights normally.
Other side effects of similar injections include skin ulcers, reported infections and potentially life-threatening blood vessel blockages due to increased fat content in oil. "KDSP" and "KDSP" reviewed the British medical history and revealed that he had engaged in some other questionable practices to enrich his muscles. For example, he used insulin without a prescription, which caused him to have a seizure. He was also injected with vitamin B 12, which caused bacterial infection. He used anabolic steroids, which caused his tissue swelling and benign liver tumor, both of which required surgery.
It is likely that his use of anabolic steroids led to the rupture of triceps tendon, which led to tendon stiffness and rupture after repeated weight lifting.
The man underwent tendon repair surgery and the tendon healed well. But he continued to practice unsafe bodybuilding techniques to maintain his desired body image, although he was told of the risks of these exercises, the report said.
According to the report, "(doctors) need to know these situations" so that they can correctly diagnose patients and recognize the potentially life-threatening practices among bodybuilders.
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