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A member asked:

Is it possible to find a prostate infection in sperm culture (it does contain prostate fluid, but if it's enough to say about prostate infection).

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Prostatic massage: Semen is not an ideal specimen to diagnose prostate infection. A better method is to collect a specimen by prostatic massage.

Answered 1/5/2019

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In a sperm analysis: yes, we can sometimes diagnose a acute or chronic prostate infection

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I hope this is the right place to ask this question and that it doesn't matter that I live in the UK and have never been to the US. What happens to the seminal vesicle and prostate fluid if a man does not ejaculate? I think sperm is reabsorbed?

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So from what I understand sperm cells are in contact with all the components of the seminal fluid, including the enzymes, citric acid, zinc, and other substances produced by the prostate gland, as well as the fructose, etc at the same time?

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How to know if I have another prostate infection, where urine culture was negative?

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