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whats the reason to have blood in semen? and what are the treatments for it?

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Male , Age: 26

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well I took some antibiotics for my epyditimis.

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Dear Customer (name blocked for privacy),

blood n the semen can be epyditimitis or it can also be something more serious such as a prostate infection. (in older persons prostate cancer would be considered).

You etiology of your particular case of epyditimitis will determine its treatment. In most cases a broad spectrum antibiotic would be used, such as erythromycin or tetracycline depending on what the physician believes to be the causative agent.

Hopefully, he took a urine and semen sample, culture and sensitivity to isolate the bacteria that are causing the infection and what drugs it is most likely to respond to.

The cause of your epyditimitis could be bacterial, or an STD source. It could also be mechanical...that is damage to the epyditimus from direct trauma. This frequently happens to young men who play a lot of contact sports.

Most likely you will be given an antibiotic and some pain medication.

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Edward M. Johnson

Reply to Edward Johnson's Post: Ok the I got the epyditimitis part done with. The thing I lookin at is the blood in the semen. Like when I ejaculate blood is still in my semen. And all my functions are normal ecept I have a lower back pain. I want to know how can I cure it and what are the treatments for the blood in the semen. And how long will it go back to normal status. Please help me out...

Dear scion,

My answer does not change. You can not symptomatically treat blood in the seman. You have to find the cause.

The additional information about back pain, leads me to believe you may be having a urinatry tract infection (kidney infection) or a prostate infection.

Your ejaculate comes through the urinary tract. The prostate contributes seman to your ejaculate. If the prostate is infected, it can produce blood in the ejaculate. Since your ejaculate passes through the urinary tract, it is possible to pick up blood from urinary tract infections.

Left untreated, or even with treatment in cases of resistent bacterial strains, genital-urinary infections that start out mild, can move up the urinary tract to involve the kidneys and prostate gland, and the epyditimus can even become re-infected.

If the epyditimitis has responded to treatment, then you can expect some sequal of bloody ejaculate for a few days. But the blood should be less obvious, and would be expected to be gone after 3 or 4 ejaculations.

If the blood is continuing, then you really need to be re-evaluated for conditions higher up in the genital urinary track, including involvement of the kidneys and prostate gland.

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Edward M. Johnson

Reply to Edward Johnson's Post: well I would like to thank you for your feedback. I was wondering should I go to a STD clinic or see a regular health doctor. Well the reason I mention an STD clinic is that my girlfirend at case of chlamydia and took antibiotics for it. So could that be some casuse to the blood in the semen or it just epyditimitis.

Dear Customer (name blocked for privacy),

Yes indeed, an STD such as chlamydia can be the cause of the blood in the semen. However, I mentioned STD's in an earlier answer.

The most likely cause of blood in semen from an STD would be gonorrhea. However other may also have that symptomolgoy.

STD's, like other urinary track infections, may progress up the system.

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Edward M. Johnson

Reply to Edward Johnson's Post: Well my girlfriend mention some antibiotics for chlamydia. And one of the antibitics was called doxycycline. Should I start taking them to help me with the problem. And would it help me get back on track to normal semen.

Dear Scion,

NO...Absolutely NOT.....Do not take the doxycycline. While this is a broad spectrum medication, it may or may not cure the diesease that you have.

You need a diagnosis in order to treat something. You can not assume that you have the same diseases as your girlfriend. You could have that disease or a combination of diseases. Also, the dose she is receiving is specific to her, as a female, size weight, stage of the disease, etc.

Even if you had chlamydia, your strain and level of disease may require a different medicine and strength.

She needs to take her medication exactly as prescribed, EVERY PILL OR CAPUSULE, until they are gone, and then she needs to be checked to make sure the Chlamydia is killed (she is cured). If you take her medication, two things may happen,

1. She would not be cured because she would run out of medication.

2. Your strain could become resistent to treatment because you have not approached it with a strong enough dose per pill, and you need a full course of medication, most generally 10 to 14 days, and in some cases 21 days.

3. Doxycyclilne may not be the medication of choice for your strain of disease and the stages of the disease that you have.

again, please do not take her medication. Seek your own medical treatement.

You should immediately cease all sexual activity in order to avoid reinfection, until you have been examined and treated.

Even is she is cured and you are being treated, you should have no sexual activity until you are also "clean" for at least two weeks.

The reason is, that what often happens, is that a couple will end up reinfecting each other over and over, and the disease really never gets cured. Between the two of you, you could develop a super resistant strain that will not respond to treatment.

Absolutely no sex until you are both clean for at least two weeks.

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Edward M. Johnson

Relist: I prefer a second opinion.
So to tie all this up. What would be the best solution to my problem. And were would I seek more help about this topic " Blood in semen ".

Hi

Your symptom - haematospermia - is common.

In most cases there is no specific causes - ideed the incidence of haematopsermia is unknown as microscopic traces of blood are often found in sperm samples.

Other causes include trauma , prostatic inflamation , epidydimitis etc.

I'll post you a link with some further info.

If you decide to see a Dr you should consult with a urologist.

AI

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40024702/

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