Why does ejaculation contain blood?

Men are prone to many diseases. When treating male diseases, it is necessary to first understand the male's physical condition, especially when treating male prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, and impotence. It is even more important to understand male diseases so that the correct treatment method can be chosen. But why does ejaculation contain blood? Many people don't know. Let's introduce it in detail below.

Why does ejaculation contain blood?

Hematospermia is a common symptom in urology and men's medicine. It refers to the discharge of red semen during ejaculation and spermatorrhea during sexual intercourse. Normal semen is milky white, grayish white or light yellow, while hematospermia turns pink, brownish red or has blood streaks. Under an optical microscope, red blood cells can be seen mixed in the semen.

Due to the different bleeding sites and blood volume, the appearance of hematospermia is also different: the blood from the urethral mucosa that is congested during erection is bright red and does not mix with the semen, like mixed blood threads. Hematospermia caused by various inflammations and trauma is evenly mixed, red to brown, this is because the blood has been stored for a long time and the color has changed. Since the semen accumulated in the seminal vesicles cannot be emptied in one ejaculation, even if it is treated promptly and fully, it will take some time for hematospermia to disappear.

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.

After understanding why there is blood in the ejaculation, medication is a good choice for treating male ejaculation problems. It is very effective in alleviating such problems in men. However, it should be noted that it takes some time to treat such diseases in men, and men also need to be patient in the treatment. Men who smoke and drink are not candidates for medication.