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Hematospermia (also known as haematospermia, hemospermia, or haemospermia) is the presence of blood in the ejaculate. It is most often a benign symptom. [1] Among men age 40 or older, hematospermia is a slight predictor of cancer, typically prostate cancer. [2] No specific cause is found in up to 70% of cases. [3]
During arousal it becomes engorged with blood and the erectile tissues expand and harden, causing first a partial erection (1:20) in which the penis is larger and slightly firmer but still flexible, and then a full erection (2:30) in which the penis reaches its largest size and becomes rigid and inflexible.
The presence of blood in semen or hematospermia may be undetectable (it can only be seen microscopically) or visible in the fluid. Its cause could be the result of inflammation, infection, blockage, or injury of the male reproductive tract or a problem within the urethra, testicles, epididymis or prostate.
Most men should start getting screened when they reach 50, and Black men, people with a family history of prostate cancer, and others with a higher risk should get screened starting at 40.
This causes the blood to leave the penis and return to the circulation. This procedure can be performed by a urologist at the bedside. Winter's shunts are often the first invasive technique used, especially in hematologically induced priapism, as it is relatively simple and repeatable.
Semen displacement is an adaptation of the shape of the penis to draw foreign semen away from the cervix. This means that in the event of a rival male's sperm occupying the reproductive tract of a female, the human penis is able to displace the rival sperm, replacing it with his own. [42] Semen displacement has two main benefits for a male.
A hematocele is a collections of blood in a body cavity or potential space. [1] The term most commonly refers to the collection of blood in the tunica vaginalis around the testes, known as a scrotal hematocele. [2] [3] Hematoceles can also occur in the abdominal cavity [4] and other body cavities.
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