Effect of the prostate gland on sperm motility

The prostate is an important organ in the male urinary system, but when men get older, they will be troubled by prostatitis, because prostatitis is a disease with a very high incidence rate in middle-aged men. Prostatitis will make the male reproductive organs uncomfortable for a long time, and will also cause problems such as frequent urination and urgency. Some men even worry whether prostatitis will affect sperm motility?

Does prostatitis affect sperm motility?

Prostatitis can affect sperm motility. When a man has prostatitis, the inflammation will have a significant impact on his reproductive function. For example:

1. When a man suffers from prostatitis, blood will be present in his semen, forming hematospermia; prostatitis will also affect the dissolving protease required for the liquefaction of male semen, causing the semen to not liquefy.

2. Affecting the composition of semen: The secretion of the male prostate is the main component of semen. After the disease occurs, a lot of harmful substances will appear in the semen due to inflammation, thereby dividing the nutrients needed by sperm and affecting the male sperm motility.

3. Affecting the activity space of sperm: If a male friend suffers from prostatitis, it will cause the semen to not liquefy. As a result, the male's activity space is restricted, affecting the male's sperm activity ability.

How to Detect Prostate Cancer

1. EPS routine inspection

Routine examination of EPS usually adopts wet image method and blood cell counting plate microscopy, the latter has better accuracy. The content of white blood cells in normal prostatic fluid sediment should be less than 10 per field of view under a high-power microscope. If the number of white blood cells in the prostatic fluid is >10/field of view, it is highly likely to be prostatitis, especially if fat-containing macrophages are found in the prostatic fluid, which can basically confirm prostatitis. However, the number of white blood cells in the prostatic fluid of some patients with chronic bacterial prostatic fluid may be less than 10/field of view; some normal men have more than 10 white blood cells in their prostatic fluid/field of view. Therefore, the examination of white blood cells in prostatic fluid is only an auxiliary method for bacteriological examination of prostatic fluid.

2. Routine urine analysis and urine sediment examination

Routine urine analysis and urine sediment examination are auxiliary methods to exclude urinary tract infection and diagnose prostatitis.

3. Bacteriological examination

The two-cup method or the four-cup method is commonly used. These methods are particularly suitable before antibiotic treatment. Specific methods: Before collecting urine, tell the patient to drink more water, and if the foreskin is too long, the foreskin should be turned up. After cleaning the glans penis and urethral opening, the patient urinates and collects 10ml of urine; after continuing to urinate about 200ml, 10ml of midstream urine is collected; then stop urinating, do prostate massage and collect prostate fluid; finally collect 10ml of urine again. Each specimen is examined microscopically and cultured separately. By comparing the number of bacterial colonies in the above specimens, it can be identified whether there is prostatitis or urethritis.