You don’t have to think about cancer right away.Scientific blood in semencalledHemospermia / MSD Manualshemato- or hemospermia. Normally, blood cannot enter the ejaculate, so this is always a sign of some kind of violation. The good news is that the problem is rarely cancer or other dreaded diagnoses.
How to understand that there is blood in semen
noticeBlood in the Semen (Hematospermia) / Cleveland Clinicblood in semen can be tricky because rarely does anyone look at the substance after ejaculation. But if you look, you can see that the ejaculatechangedBlood in semen / NHScolor:
- to bright red;
- pink;
- brown or reddish brown.
Sometimes for hemospermia take blood in the urine or the blood of a partner.
What other symptoms might be
Often blood in the semen does not cause any inconvenience, butcan beBlood in semen / NHSand other symptoms:
- lumps in semen;
- blood in the urine;
- pain when urinating;
- increased urination.
The fact that the problem is quite serious, says the following:
- there is blood in the ejaculate for more than a month;
- there is some kind of education in the projection of the testicle;
- have recently traveled to a country with schistosomiasis, such as Africa or the Middle East;
- have night sweats, fever, unexplained weight loss.
Under what conditions can there be blood in semen?
In most cases, blood in the semendoes not speakHemospermia / MSD Manualsnothing serious and disappears within a few days or is caused by not very dangerous diseases.
Common Causes
Most often, blood occurs during damage or infections, for example:
- Trauma in prostatebiopsy . In this case, bleeding can be up to four weeks.
- Bleeding from a small vessel that burst during ejaculation, such as from excessive sexual activity or masturbation.
- Rehabilitation after vasectomy (up to a week).
- Testicular trauma.
- Epididymitis is an inflammation of the epididymis.
- Orchitis is an inflammation of the testicle.
- Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate gland.
- Sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes.
- Radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
- Prolonged abstinence.
- Hemophilia.