What to do if sperm viscosity is high

In life, male friends may have high sperm viscosity, but many people don't know whether this is normal. Experts say this is abnormal. For the sake of male friends' health, we need to understand how to deal with this situation. So what should we do if sperm viscosity is high? Let's see how authoritative experts answer this question based on years of clinical experience.

1. Semen is composed of sperm and seminal plasma. Seminal plasma not only provides nutrients for sperm, but also provides an environment for sperm to move. Without seminal plasma, sperm cannot swim. Since seminal plasma is a liquid, it may have different viscosities due to different contents. If the viscosity is too high, the sperm will be blocked from moving forward, and the sperm will not be able to pass through the cervix and enter the uterus to meet with the egg, resulting in inability to conceive. This is the same as a person being unable to move after falling into a swamp. Therefore, some male infertility is caused by excessively high semen viscosity.

2. Semen viscosity is too high, which should be distinguished from semen that does not liquefy. Semen is jelly-like when it is just discharged, and it can be liquefied by the liquefying 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 shape shown by high semen viscosity, but the texture is different. 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 1 cm and still continues, 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. To determine the viscosity more accurately, a specially designed viscometer is used to calculate the time required for 0.5 ml of semen to pass through a capillary of a certain diameter. If the time is prolonged, the viscosity is too high.

3. There are usually two ways to treat high semen viscosity.

(1) Use mucolytics: You can use tylosin or tylosin to mix semen with mucolytics for artificial insemination, or inject the solution into the vagina before sexual intercourse so that it comes into contact with semen and becomes thinner.

(2) Mechanical method: Place semen into a high-pressure syringe, inject it into a glass container through a needle, and then pour the semen in the container back into the high-pressure syringe. Repeat this injection five times. The semen will become similar to liquid and will not harm the sperm. This diluted semen can then be used for artificial insemination to achieve fertility.

What should we do if sperm viscosity is high? Through the above content, we know that high sperm viscosity is not a normal phenomenon. Many people worry that high sperm viscosity is caused by male friends suffering from diseases, so we must understand the reasons for high sperm viscosity. Finally, I wish those male friends with diseases can recover soon and live a happy and healthy life!