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A 20-year-old male asked:
I worry that i might be impotent. when trying to masturbate in the past, i have never gotten a sensation nor ejaculated. i have had wet dreams, but i don't know if the liquid is semen or something else, since it absorbs into my underwear.
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Hard to say: You can have your ejaculate evaluated for healthy swimmers (sperm). Urologists do this routinely if the question arises. They can also answer the questions you have about other issues that might impair fertility.
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Have eczema Perhaps due to dryness, skin at scrotum is broken, with liquid leaking out and staining my underwear. Liquid from wound has semen-like smell. Been going on for days. Is it biologically possible for semen to leak from a wound in that area?
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