Healthy semen is white or gray-white. If your semen changes color and turns yellow, you should pay attention. Whether the yellow semen will cause pathological changes, it may also be an internal medical condition. Information about yellowing of semen.
Cause
Your semen may turn yellow for several reasons.
Seminal urine
Sometimes urine is left in the urethra. The urethral tube carries urine and sperm away from the body. When this happens, urine and semen can flow out of the penis freely. The urine and semen of the mixture can be yellow.
Urine retention can cause:
A urinary tract infection
Prostatic hypertrophy is also called benign prostatic hyperplasia
Infection
Other conditions
Sexually transmitted diseases, semen color
Some sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as gonorrhea or chlamydia, can cause a yellowish white secretion from your penis.
If you have sexually transmitted diseases, the discharge can be attached with:
Burning during urination
Pain
Pruritus
Frequent urination
Some sexually transmitted diseases can also lead to leucocytospermia, and semen can lead to yellow.
It is very important to see a doctor if you have sexually transmitted diseases. Symptoms and treatment can help reduce the spread of the disease to others.
See a doctor
The color change of semen may be temporary. Go away. If you notice that your semen color is more yellow for one or two weeks, you need to see a doctor.
Treatment will depend on causing yellowing of semen.
In order to correct the problem of urine retention and jaundice, the doctor caused this problem when treating the disease.
If you have leukocytospermia, you may get antibiotics, NSAIDs or supplements. In some cases, the condition of the problem needs to be repaired by surgery.
Treatment of venereal diseases and prostate infections can include antibiotics.