Patient's question:
I am a college student, and I have recently discovered that I have been experiencing frequent nocturnal emissions. Although I have had nocturnal emissions in the past, the frequency has increased significantly now. I have a history of sexual activity, and I am questioning whether I might have prostatitis. I am very anxious.Doctor's answer:
If you experience frequent nocturnal emissions on a daily basis, or even multiple times throughout the night, it could be pathological. Urological conditions such as prostatitis are among the most common causes of frequent nocturnal emissions. In such cases, it is important to seek timely examination and treatment. First, it is necessary to understand that "white discharge" from the urethra is not nocturnal emission. Nocturnal emissions are not directly related to sexual activity, and physiological nocturnal emissions do not affect fertility. Second, for adolescents, parents or school teachers have the responsibility to inform them that occasional nocturnal emissions are a normal physiological phenomenon and should not cause excessive panic. They are certainly not immoral or bad things.