Patient's question:
Detailed medical condition and consultation purpose: I used to have a bad habit of masturbation, and every time I masturbated, semen would come out. It happened almost every two or three days for over a year. I want to ask if it will affect fertility in the future, or if the sperm will disappear. But now, when I masturbate, there is still a white substance coming out. Is it semen? Please answer for the doctor, can it return to normal?Doctor's answer:
In China, for a long time, people's attitudes toward masturbation have been constrained by certain outdated views, believing it would "damage vital energy severely" or cause "premature aging," and even consider it "moral degradation," to the extent that it frightened teenagers who engaged in it into constant anxiety. Traditional Chinese perspectives also viewed masturbation as morally decadent and extremely harmful to health because it damages the innate "essence" (jīng). The belief that "masturbation is harmful" can be said to be deeply rooted.Some people, when suffering from "neurasthenia" or a chronic illness, often attribute it to their masturbation habits or believe it is caused by excessive masturbation. This situation is not uncommon in clinical practice. When people fall ill, they always seek to find the cause. Since many books claim that masturbation can cause illness, and everyone says it is harmful to health, while the individual does indeed engage in masturbation (as most people have), the logical conclusion is that masturbation is the culprit behind the illness.
Masturbation is often thought to harm only men's bodies because it leads to the loss of semen. The word "essence" (jīng) in semen naturally evokes associations with a person's "essence." Additionally, the special role of sperm in reproduction makes it seem even more precious. In reality, the loss of sperm, protein, and fluid during a single ejaculation has little impact on the body. There is no need to worry about semen loss. Although masturbation occurs infrequently, given the past of these outdated views, it has already caused psychological and mental effects. Not only does it not cause extreme regret, but it also leads to self-blame, remorse, fear, pessimism, especially the fear that masturbation will affect future sexual ability. However, they cannot break free from the frequent...