What is the reason why sperm is yellow and contains jelly-like particles?

Everyone knows that sperm is the reproductive cell of men, and it is usually ejaculated during sexual intercourse. Sperm is also one of the necessary factors for pregnancy. Only when sperm and egg combine with each other can a fertilized egg be formed. Of course, in addition to the fertilized egg, another condition for pregnancy is that the fertilized egg implants and develops in the uterus. However, some men's semen is a little yellow when it is ejaculated. What is the reason?

Semen refers to the fluid that is ejected from the urethra of male animals or humans during ejaculation (usually during orgasm). Normal semen is a viscous liquid mixture consisting of sperm and seminal plasma, with seminal plasma accounting for more than 90% of the volume of semen. Normal semen is off-white or slightly yellowish in color, and becomes translucent milky white after liquefaction. It may appear slightly light yellow if ejaculation has not occurred for a long time. If semen appears yellow-green, it means that there may be inflammation in the male reproductive tract or accessory glands (such as prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis).

Causes

1. Physiological

If you abstain from sex for a long time, the color of semen will turn yellow due to changes in physical and chemical properties. This is a normal phenomenon.

2. Pathological

It is seen in inflammatory diseases such as urethritis, prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, and orchitis.

Clinical manifestations

The semen is milky white or yellow-green, and even contains blood. There may be symptoms of urethral irritation and chronic pelvic pain, decreased libido, impotence, and erectile dysfunction.

Check

White blood cell count and semen odor examination can be performed, and if necessary, semen testing, B-ultrasound examination, and routine prostatic fluid examination can be performed.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based on medical history, clinical manifestations, and examinations.

Differential diagnosis

1. Blood in semen

Blood in semen means that the ejaculated semen is pink, red, brownish red in appearance or contains blood streaks or blood clots. If a large number of red blood cells can be seen in the smear under a microscope, it is called hematospermia. Medically, it can be divided into gross hematospermia and microscopic hematospermia.

2. Decreased sperm quality

Decreased sperm quality refers to a decrease in the number, survival rate, motility, and density of sperm at the same volume level.

treatment

Treat the cause of yellow semen according to the cause. If it is caused by inflammation such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, orchitis, the inflammation should be treated. Pay attention to restraining masturbation to avoid long-term congestion of the urinary and reproductive system and decreased local immunity.