Semen is white

Male semen is a liquid that is discharged through the ejaculatory duct when the nerves are highly excited. Normally, it is milky white or grayish white. If a man is in a state of long-term abstinence, the first ejaculation will be a yellow liquid, and then the color will return to milky white or grayish white. Long-term yellowing of semen may be caused by the prostate. The following introduces the possible situations of different semen colors. Let's take a look.

The color of sperm is generally grayish white or milky white, and may be light yellow if ejaculation has not occurred for a long time. If the following colors appear, it is an abnormal phenomenon.

① Yellow or brown purulent semen: seen in seminal vesiculitis or prostatitis, etc.

② Bright red or dark red bloody semen: seen in inflammation, tuberculosis and tumors of the reproductive system.

Yellow-green semen indicates inflammation in the reproductive tract, most likely a purulent infection of the prostate and seminal vesicles.

Red semen indicates that it contains red blood cells, which is usually called "hematospermia". Hematospermia is mostly caused by seminal vesiculitis or prostatitis. This type of hematospermia caused by inflammation is mostly light red. If small blood vessels rupture due to vascular malformations, hematospermia will be bright red and contain blood clots.

The color of semen refers to the color of semen after male ejaculation. Normal male semen is grayish white or milky white right after ejaculation. After liquefaction, it becomes translucent and slightly turbid milky white. For those who have abstinence for a long time, it may be slightly light yellow. Semen that is bright red, light red, dark red or soy sauce-colored and contains a large number of red blood cells is called hematospermia, which may be caused by non-specific inflammation of the prostate and seminal vesicles, genital tuberculosis, tumors or stones. Yellow or brown purulent semen is seen in prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis.

Clinical significance

1. If the semen is milky white, yellow-green or brown and purulent, it indicates inflammation of the male reproductive tract or accessory glands, such as prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis.

2. If it appears light yellow, it may be seen in people who have not ejaculated for a long time.

3. If the semen appears pink or red, or red blood cells can be seen under a microscope, it is bloody semen, which is commonly seen in patients with accessory glands or posterior urethritis (non-specific inflammation of the prostate and seminal vesicles), and occasionally in patients with genital tuberculosis or tumors or stones.

Normal value reference range

Normal semen is grayish white or milky white right after ejaculation. After liquefaction, it becomes translucent and slightly turbid milky white.

Notes

Before collecting semen, you must stop having sex for 2 to 7 days, and you must not masturbate or have nocturnal emissions. You should also abstain from smoking and drinking, and avoid taking drugs that affect spermatogenesis. Your genitals must be kept clean before semen collection.