Semen characteristics

[Makaveli]

I ejaculated today and noticed I had 2 little yellow objects mixed in the semen, does anyone know what this could be?

I saved them and I am going to show my URO. I am kind of depressed by this.

And to update you all on my condition, I havent found the courage to see the psych yet. For I do not believe I have a problem like that. I do think I have obsessive behavior, but who wouldnt when it comes to their health.

Back to my findings...

Well I think I may have screwed up my prostate myself. Before al of this, I was on Saw Palmetto for a while, because I was going through a stressful period and losing some hair, so this clinic talked me into it, and at the time, they said it does nothing to Hormones, etc. It is not a 5-AR inhibitor, it just protects the prostate from DHT binding to receptor sites. It was suppose to be good for both the hair and prostate.

So anyways, I keep reading mixed stuff on the internet on it. I hear that its not an inhibitor and ppl just say it is so it can compete with Proscar or something. I asked the URO and he said I does not mess with Hormones. I still have to talk to him about this.

Anyways, I am still having my discharge of prostate fluid at times, usually during a Bowel Movement. When I ejaculate everyday or every other day its not there, but if I even get a few nasty thoughts, it creeps up again. I keep thinking my prostate is enlarged or my hormones have gone crazy b/c of the Saw Palmetto or something.

I also retain some urine, I think almost all the time, its very very little, but its there. I only notice it sometimes. (possibly why only a cytology can see some white cells) Not enough for a urinalysis to pick up.

Also did first catch in the morning chlamydia test PCR, it came out negative, same for Gonorehea.

I have No Frequency. No Urgency.
No pain. (Except emotionally what I am going through, and its really bad)

The URO did a PSA for me, it was 0.33 or something.
Physical Therapist said my Levantor Ani and some other muscles were tight.

URO said prostate is not enlarged.
What else could be happening?

Should I do a Cystoscopy so the URO can see if the muscles around the prostate are really tight? And they are pressing against it during a BM or urination and expelling this fluid.

Please help,

Desperatly in need of help...Makaveli

[DavidinLA]

Mak,

Have you gone to UCLA yet. I don't know if you need to see Dr. Zeitlin, but you do need someone who can answer these questions.

David. (formally known as Elton Fan)

[webslave]

Lumps are known as corpora amylacea. To quote Richard Alexander MD:

Stones in the prostate are very common. They appear to be calcified proteinaceous bodies called corpora amylacea. The are thought to occur because the secretions of the prostate cannot get out of the gland because of the disarray of the architecture of the ducts due to BPH or benign prostatic hypertrophy, an almost universal growth of the prostate in men as they age. It is thought that these secretions dry out or become "inspissated" and form into a round proteinaceous body, much like a pearl in an oyster. They then become calcified.

This is not the only mechanism leading to the formation of prostate calcifications. They may appear secondary to an infection with insufficiently drained pus and detritus, eventually calcifying. Other calcifications, usually more widespread, can show up in the tissue surrounding the prostatic glandular units following an inflammatory process associated with tissue destruction or changes in the local biochemical environment (acidity, electrolyte changes). Finally, calcifications detected in the prostate can be located intraluminally inside the ejaculatory ducts, resulting from calcification of detritus in the seminal tract, eventually moving down into some narrow segment of the ejaculatory duct.

Prostatic stones are very common and generally do not cause symptoms in and of themselves but may be associated with the symptoms of BPH which men can get as they age and their BPH progresses. The stones are usually located between the BPH growth or "adenoma" and the compressed, normal prostatic tissue around the adenoma which is called the "surgical capsule" of the gland because it is the limit of resection of BPH when performed transurethrally.

Other texts refer to them as "lamellated glycoprotein masses that increase with age" and say they are benign. So do not be concerned.

[Ddream]

I have No Frequency. No Urgency.
No pain.

Mak,

Go out and enjoy life. Have trust that your private parts are doing what they need to do to keep you healthy. You are fortunate that you have no pain, no frequency, no urgency and no sexual dysfunction. Count your blessings.

[Makaveli]

Webslave,


This is what someone answered on WebMD forum, actually the admin there....

Mark Johnson, RN shares the following with our members: The source and answer to your concern probably lies within one or more of the three seminal fluids. When you ejaculate what comes out is a mixture of three fluids -- called semen. Seminal vesicles fluid, prostate gland fluid and the bulbourethral glands fluid. The seminal vesicles fluid and the bulbourethral glands have a mucous consistency and the prostate secretion gives the semen a milky appearance. The liquid semen coagulates (thickens) rapidly due to a special clotting enzyme produced by the prostate gland -- that then reacts with a substance produced by the seminal vesicles. Depending on the chemistry that day of your bodily fluids -- the semen may be clotting faster than usual creating the globules. Yellow(ish) and or white(ish) or even clear ejaculation is normal. I sure hope this sheds some light on this "problem""¦.good luck.

I dont know if its prostate stones...more gel like...and It would have shown up in the TRUS I had done.

To some of you my symptoms do not look like much, but to me they are, I am probably stressing just as much if not more than some of you.

Mak

[Makaveli]

DavidInLA,



I have seen Dr. Zietlin. He he told me my prostate was fine and I just produce too much prostate fluid. But what made me start producing this fluid so much? Was it always like this and I did not notice it? I dont know.

Hey, BTW, did you see that Physical Therapist at Telesis yet?

Mak

[DavidinLA]

DavidInLA,


Hey, BTW, did you see that Physical Therapist at Telesis yet?

Mak

Not yet. I'm waiting until after my next visit with Dr. Zeitlin (it's hard to fit in with my schedule since he is in Sherman Oaks only on Monday Mornings). Last time I saw him, he said that my prostate seemed "a little tender" (what with that). And I'd like to get his opinion on whether or not Phys Therapy would benefit me. I'd sure rather have PM than a prostate problem of unknown cause (even though PM can cause inflamation).

Hope things go well for you. At least you do not have the on and off cycles of pain and E.D. that I've had for the last 8 months.