What is the reason for blood in semen? Three hazards should be taken seriously

Some male friends may occasionally have blood in their sperm during their daily sexual life. This is mainly a common problem in urology, which refers to the discharge of red semen during ejaculation and spermatorrhea during sexual intercourse. It is recommended to pay attention to it as soon as possible.

The most common causes of hematospermia are as follows:

1. Inflammation: The seminal vesicles, prostate glands, urinary tract, rectum and other organs are closely adjacent to each other, which can easily lead to infection. The post-infection inflammatory process can stimulate the tubules and glandular mucosa, causing local congestion, edema and bleeding. Infection pathogens include viruses, bacteria, mycobacteria and parasitic infections. Inflammation can also be the result of trauma, urethral foreign bodies, and chemicals. Trauma can include stones in the prostate or seminal vesicles.

2. Obstruction or cyst: Obstruction of the ejaculatory duct may cause the proximal duct to dilate and swell, leading to rupture and bleeding of mucosal blood vessels, such as Wolffian duct cysts, seminal vesicle cysts and prostate cysts.

3. Tumor: Various benign tumors have been reported to cause hematospermia, such as ectopic prostate tissue in the urethra, prostate polyps, and hyperplastic urine. Malignant tumors of the prostate, testicles, and seminal vesicles can cause hematospermia.

4. Vascular abnormalities: Varicose veins of the seminal vesicle, prostatic urethra and bladder neck can also be the cause of hematospermia. In addition, vascular abnormalities of the reproductive system during puberty can lead to hematospermia, including arteriovenous malformations, prostatic hemangiomas, seminal vesicles and rare spermatic cord hemangiomas.

Dangers of blood in semen:

1. Decreased sexual function: If hematospermia is not cured for a long time or the treatment is not ideal, it will also lead to a decline in the condition of other parts of the body, and coupled with the psychological fear of the disease, it will affect the male sexual function.

2. Killing sperm: During inflammation, there are a large number of cells and white blood cells in the seminal plasma, which may also be mixed with pus, and the viscosity will increase significantly. The ejaculated semen is not easy to liquefy, and the sperm cannot move and cannot drive straight into the cervix. During inflammation, the volume of seminal plasma is too small, which is not conducive to the survival of sperm.

3. Infertility: Since the sexual organs that cause hematospermia have complex structures and poor drainage, it is easy to become chronic, which can cause secondary vas deferens obstruction and edema and obstruction of the ejaculatory duct opening, resulting in dry ejaculation with only ejaculation action but no semen discharge. This is the mechanism of hematospermia causing infertility. Other causes of infertility include changes in the composition of seminal plasma during seminal vesiculitis, bacteria swallowing nutrients in seminal plasma, competing for oxygen, and excreting toxins and metabolites, which undoubtedly make sperm face an extremely unfavorable environment and reduce fertility.