Why is the ejaculated semen a little yellow?

For normal couples or lovers, sex is an essential seasoning. Sex ends with male ejaculation. Generally, male semen is milky white, rarely other colors. If you find that the color is very different from before, it may mean that there is a problem with your body. For example, some men find that their ejaculated semen is a little yellow. What is the reason?

Causes

1. Physiological

If you abstain from sex for a long time, the color of semen will turn yellow due to changes in physical and chemical properties. This is a normal phenomenon.

2. Pathological

It is seen in inflammatory diseases such as urethritis, prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, and orchitis.

Clinical manifestations

The semen is milky white or yellow-green, and even contains blood. There may be symptoms of urethral irritation and chronic pelvic pain, decreased libido, impotence, and erectile dysfunction.

Check

White blood cell count and semen odor examination can be performed, and if necessary, semen testing, B-ultrasound examination, and routine prostatic fluid examination can be performed.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based on medical history, clinical manifestations, and examinations.

Differential diagnosis

1. Blood in semen

Blood in semen means that the ejaculated semen is pink, red, brownish red in appearance or contains blood streaks or blood clots. If a large number of red blood cells can be seen in the smear under a microscope, it is called hematospermia. Medically, it can be divided into gross hematospermia and microscopic hematospermia.

2. Decreased sperm quality

Decreased sperm quality refers to a decrease in the number, survival rate, motility, and density of sperm at the same volume level.

treatment

Treat the cause of yellow semen according to the cause. If it is caused by inflammation such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, orchitis, the inflammation should be treated. Pay attention to restraining masturbation to avoid long-term congestion of the urinary and reproductive system and decreased local immunity.

Prevention

1. During the acute phase, examination of the sperm tract and massage of the prostate and seminal vesicles are contraindicated.

2. Avoid interrupting sexual life, especially avoid unclean sexual intercourse.

3. Pay attention to genital hygiene. Those with long foreskin should undergo circumcision.

4. In the chronic stage, you can take a hot water sitz bath (not suitable for those who have not given birth) or a Chinese medicine sitz bath.

5. Eat a light diet and avoid smoking, drinking, spicy and stimulating foods.

6. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, avoid sitting for long periods of time, and avoid riding a bicycle or horse to reduce pressure on the perineum.