How many days does it take for sperm to mature?

As people pay more attention to health, many people will pay close attention to medical knowledge. For men, they may pay more attention to knowledge about sperm or reproductive system. Nowadays, many people generally do not know the sperm maturation cycle, which will affect the pregnancy effect. So today we will introduce to you how many days it takes for sperm to mature, and we also hope that everyone will pay attention to the quality of sperm.

How many days does it take for male sperm to mature?

Many people are confused about the maturity period of sperm. Experts explain that men produce sperm every day. Adults can produce 300-600 sperm per gram of testicular tissue per second, and each testicle can produce hundreds of millions of sperm every day.

As for the question of how long it takes for sperm to mature, it takes 75 to 85 days for a spermatogonia to divide multiple times and finally generate a sperm. The newly generated sperm will not swim forward, and it needs to stay in the epididymis for about half a month. It also needs to absorb a lot of energy before it can "grow" and swim forward quickly. So it does take about 3 months for a sperm to go from a spermatogonia to ejaculation.

In fact, the number of sperm in the epididymis is generally in a state of dynamic equilibrium. Every day, there are both mature sperm and aging sperm that are swallowed by giant cells. However, if sperm is discharged for 6 consecutive days, the number of mature sperm will begin to decrease from the seventh day. However, after two days of rest, the number of sperm will return to normal. It can be seen that there is a certain scientific basis for starting to "close the mountains and cultivate forests" 3 months in advance and having a moderate sex life.

Healthy living and diet have an impact on all stages of sperm production. If this is the case, then it takes at least 3 months of healthy living to ensure the quality of sperm.

The main components of male sperm

Seminal plasma is a mixture of secretions from the supporting cells of the seminiferous tubules, epididymis, prostate, seminal vesicle, bulbourethral glands and paraurethral glands. The secretions from the seminal vesicle and prostate account for about 65% and 30% of the total volume respectively. Seminal plasma mainly provides the matrix for transporting and nourishing sperm, and stimulates the activity of sperm.

Normal males ejaculate 3-5 ml of semen through sexual intercourse or masturbation. Semen is grayish white, weakly alkaline, and has a special fishy smell, which is mainly the smell of prostatic fluid. Seminal plasma accounts for more than 95%, and sperm accounts for less than 1%. Every cubic centimeter of testicular tissue can produce 2 million sperm every day, which means that every male testicle can produce tens to hundreds of millions of sperm every day. Even if these sperm are not excreted from the body, they will age, die, and finally be digested by enzymes.

Semen is composed of sperm and seminal plasma. Further analysis shows that the main component of seminal plasma is water, which accounts for more than 90%. Other components include fat, protein particles, pigment particles, phospholipid bodies, amines (choleline, spermine, spermine), free amino acids (the content varies greatly, the total amount of amino acids in normal human semen within 4-6 hours after ejaculation is 1.25 grams/100ml), inorganic salts (calcium 25mg/dl, magnesium 14mg/dl, potassium 89mg/dl, zinc 14mg/dl), enzymes (mainly acid phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, hyaluronidase), and carbohydrates (mainly fructose 224mg/100ml).