Men don’t need to worry if their semen is occasionally thick!

Men's semen is crucial in conceiving children. Once the semen is abnormal, it will affect the man's fertility and even make him completely lose the right to be a father. What is the reason for the viscosity of men's semen? How to judge whether the semen is viscous?

1. Storing semen for too long will cause the semen to become viscous

If some men do not have sex with their wives for a long time, their semen will become thicker, so they will start to worry whether there is a problem with their semen and whether it will lead to infertility. In fact, this worry is unnecessary. When semen is stored for a long time, or the enzymes secreted by the seminal vesicles and prostate glands are unbalanced (such as inflammation), the semen will not be completely liquefied, which will cause the semen to become thicker, causing the first ejaculated semen to be light yellow and thicker.

2. Prostate inflammation can also cause semen to become thick

When semen is first discharged, it is jelly-like, and can be liquefied by the liquefaction enzyme in the prostate secretion within 20 minutes. When the prostate is inflamed, this enzyme may decrease or even cause it to not liquefy. At this time, there will be jelly-like clots in the semen, which are similar to the semen with high viscosity, but the texture is different.

How to judge the viscosity of semen

Usually, to observe whether the semen is too viscous, you can use a needle to pick up the semen. If the mucus thread is longer than 2cm and continues to flow, it can be judged that the viscosity is too high. If the test tube containing semen is rotated quickly, if the semen cannot rotate quickly with the tube wall but rotates slowly, it also indicates that the viscosity is too high. If you want to judge the viscosity more accurately, you should use a specially designed viscometer to calculate the time required for each 0.5 ml of semen to pass through a capillary tube of a certain diameter. If the time is extended, the viscosity is too high.