What is the cause of occasional blood in semen?

Nowadays, people often suffer from infertility due to various reasons. Women are of course very important in pregnancy, but men are also necessary. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that both men and women are healthy. Male sperm is the most important for pregnancy, but men often have sperm disease problems. What is the reason for occasional blood in semen?

What is hematospermia?

Hematospermia is a disease in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to a kidney disease caused by heat entering the sperm chamber and spleen and kidney qi deficiency, which causes damage to the blood vessels in the sperm chamber, blood overflowing from the veins, and discharge with the sperm. The main clinical manifestations are pink, red, brownish red semen or blood streaks. Western medicine calls it seminal vesiculitis. The prognosis of this disease is good and it can be cured with timely and accurate treatment. Chronic seminal vesiculitis is prone to recurrence, causing impotence, anejaculation, etc., and is accompanied by the appearance of a series of mental symptoms.

Can blood semen be seen with the naked eye?

There are two types of hematospermia: macroscopic hematospermia and microscopic hematospermia.

Blood in semen can be seen with the naked eye as bright red or light red semen. When the semen is examined under a microscope, a large number of red blood cells can be seen.

In case of microscopic hematospermia, the semen generally looks normal, with only a small amount of red blood cells being visible under a microscope.

What are the clinical characteristics of hematospermia?

1. The disease can occur at any age, including children, middle-aged people, young people and the elderly, but it is most common in young people who are in their prime of sexual activity;

2. Intermittent attacks. Some patients with hematospermia can recover without treatment, but they often relapse after a period of time (weeks or years).

3. The accompanying symptoms are often not obvious, or even absent.

What to do if a man has blood in his semen?

1. Treatment with Chinese patent medicine

(1) Zhibai Dihuang Wan, orally, 9 g each time, 3 times a day, with boiled water.

(2) Liuwei Dihuang Pills, oral, 9 g each time, 3 times a day, with boiled water.

(3) Dabuyin Pills: Oral, 9 grams each time, 3 times a day, with warm water.

2. Food therapy

(1) Carp soup: 1 carp (200-500g), pepper, chives, green onion, and ginger. Remove the scales, gills, and viscera of the fish, wash it, add water, and cook it. Add seasoning after it is cooked. Eat the fish and drink the soup. It has the effect of clearing away dampness and heat, and is used to treat hematospermia caused by dampness and heat.

(2) Boiled black beans with pig kidneys: 1 pair of pig kidneys, 500 grams of black beans. Wash the pig kidneys, remove the tendons, and cook them with black beans in water until the beans are cooked but not rotten. Eat the pig kidneys, take out the black beans, dry them, and cook them over high heat. Chew the black beans, 30-60 grams per day, and half a month is a course of treatment. It has the function of nourishing the kidneys and replenishing the essence, and is used to treat hematospermia caused by kidney deficiency.

(3) Fresh lotus root porridge: 50g fresh lotus root, 50g glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of sugar. Cook the two together into porridge, add sugar and drink. It has the function of clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and is used for hematospermia caused by blood heat.