What is the reason for blood in sperm?

Sperm is a tissue unique to males. After males enter puberty, the probability of sperm appearing will become higher and higher. However, sperm may also have some problems, such as blood in the sperm. This situation should be taken seriously. It indicates that there are some problems in the male body. These problems can be big or small. So what is the matter with blood in the sperm?

Blood in semen, also known as hematospermia, is a common disease in urology. The main cause of hematospermia is the contraction of the male when reaching orgasm and the relaxation after ejaculation, which causes the pressure of the seminal vesicle to change rapidly, and the capillaries on the cyst wall are damaged, causing bleeding or capillary permeability changes and bleeding. Some patients can recover to normal after a few months.

Inflammatory influence: Most cases of hematospermia are caused by inflammation, such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, epididymitis, etc. The seminal vesicle, prostate, and posterior urethra are interconnected, and inflammation can easily spread from one to the other two, causing hematospermia. In addition, the walls of the seminal vesicle are very thin, and once congested, the cystic wall filled with blood vessels is prone to bleeding.

Tumor: If hematospermia persists and worsens, the possibility of a tumor cannot be ruled out, such as cancer of the seminal vesicle and prostate, papilloma of the seminal vesicle, and benign prostatic hypertrophy.

Blood disease: Some patients with hematospermia have extensive bleeding tendency in other parts of the body, which is likely to be a systemic blood system bleeding disease, such as purpura, scurvy, leukemia, etc.

Occasional bleeding: During sexual intercourse, some tissues may rupture and bleed due to rapid congestion and mechanical collision, resulting in blood in semen. Don't be alarmed by this type of blood in semen, as it will completely recover if you suspend sexual intercourse.

Others: such as varicose veins of the seminal vesicle, seminal vesicle cyst, seminal vesicle tumor, long-term repeated compression of the perineum, cirrhosis with increased portal vein pressure causing increased pressure of the hemorrhoidal vein clusters through the side branches of the prostatic clusters, dilation and rupture of the posterior urethral subepithelial vein next to the seminal collaterals, etc.