Press reports revealed the death of a Brazilian bodybuilder after he received a dose of an oil used to develop muscles.
The English newspaper “Daily Mail” said that the famous Brazilian bodybuilder Valder Segato got an overdose of a drug to enlarge muscles, inspired by former bodybuilding champion Arnold Schwarzenegger..
The 55-year-old Segato has been injecting himself with synthol, over the years, and he has enormous muscles, and has become very similar to the hero in the series of films “The Strange Hulk” or “The Green Giant”“.
The newspaper said Segato said before: “They call me ‘The Wonder Hulk’ and ‘Schwarzenegger’ and I love it. I’ve doubled my biceps but I still want to be bigger and bigger.”“.
The newspaper said that Segato was warned that using more of the drug, which grows muscles and makes them larger, may put him at risk of nerve damage and amputation, but the Brazilian giant explained that he likes to draw attention to himself, and said: “I made my muscles twice as large, but I want more.”“.
The newspaper indicated that Segato felt very tired and went to a neighbor for help, where he complained of shortness of breath, to be taken to the hospital, where he lost consciousness in the emergency room and the doctors were unable to save him..
It is noteworthy that the drug synthol is used as a drug to increase muscle mass, and it consists of oil, analgesics, alcohol and lidocaine, but regular use of this drug may lead to muscle atrophy and ulcers, and in severe cases, a limb may be amputated, this drug can cause “nerve damage.” Pulmonary embolism, pulmonary artery embolism, myocardial infarction, stroke and infectious complications“.
Segato was posting pictures of the transformations in his body on social media, and he even called himself “Valdir Synthol” on his Instagram account, while the number of his followers on “Tik Tok” reached 1.7 million followers..
“It’s the risk he’s taking,” Segato’s friend Fernando Carvalho da Silva previously said. “He wants to look good and he wants to be famous.”