Patient's question:
Semen appears jelly-like. For a while, the wife has been trying to conceive without success. After checking at the hospital, they said the semen does not liquefy. How is it determined that semen does not liquefy?Doctor's answer:
After normal semen is expelled outside the body, under the effect of coagulating enzymes excreted by the seminal vesicles, it becomes thick and gelatinous. Between 10 to 20 minutes after ejaculation, it thins out due to the effect of fibrinolytic enzymes excreted by the prostate.Vaporization time: less than 30 minutes.
Abnormal vaporization refers to the phenomenon where semen cannot completely vaporize at least 30 minutes after ejaculation or begins to vaporize within an hour. This includes conditions such as unliquefaction of semen and delayed vaporization of semen, which are collectively referred to as unliquefaction of semen.
Unliquefaction of semen restricts sperm motility, slows it down, or inhibits sperm from entering the uterine cavity to fertilize the egg, leading to infertility.