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Prostatic fluid

Prostatic fluid

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Fluid that supports and facilitates movement of sperm.

Dr. Marshall Kaplan reviewed this

56 year experience in Urology

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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A 47-year old asked:

What is prostatic fluid?

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A 44-year old asked:

What is prostatic fluid secretion?

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A 38-year old asked:

What is acrid and prostatic fluid?

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A 26-year old male asked:

Do males create prostatic fluid daily?

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A 34-year old asked:

What is the difference between acrid and prostatic fluid?

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A member asked:

Without any excitement .Secretion of little amount of prostatic fluid, what can I do now?

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A 23-year old male asked:

How can I differentiate between periurethral fluid and prostatic fluid. I mean what is the difference in their color and stickiness etc ??

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A 26-year old male asked:

Does clear prostatic fluid still contain sperm cells?

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A member asked:

How would the results be different using RNA from the prostate fluid or other random body fluid vs blood on a whole genome microarray?

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A 31-year old male asked:

My semen is accompanied with too much seminal/prostate fluid which takes away thickness of semen. Is this normal?? Is there any way to reduce such dilution?? The seminal fluid clearly shows up separately along upon ejaculation that's how i noticed?

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A 39-year old asked:

Lab test to identify if it is semen or prostatic fluid?

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A 36-year old asked:

How come I have prostate fluid leak sometimes after urination?

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A 25-year old male asked:

CNBP and had massage yesterday. Doctor advised to drain out prostate fluid after every 10 days by massaging prostate. How does the fluid filled?

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A 42-year old asked:

I've got normalization of prostatic fluid and an increase in 17-ketosteroids in urine. What does this mean?

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A 29-year old male 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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A 31-year old asked:

Is it normal to have prostate fluid come out when you have a bowel movement?

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A 36-year old male asked:

How well does a past 100% treated infectious disease in blood, prostate fluid, and intestinal fluids show up several years after? Be technical please

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A member asked:

I am preserving samples for both DNA and RNA for later research. Stool, prostate fluid, urine, skin and nails all have RNA?

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A 33-year old male asked:

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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A 26-year old male asked:

Clear or mucus like Prostate fluid when i have bowel movement? I have OCD about contaminating toilet. If some gets on the toilet seat, how can I sanitize the seat for females in home who use it next? Is cleaning with soap/water or clorox wipes enough?

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A 24-year old male asked:

Prostate fluid leakage during bowel movement, what illness could b rather than prostatitis which have these symptoms? Pain in testis&weak urine stream

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A 26-year old male asked:

I've had some doctors on HEALTHTAP say that small drops of mucus like fluid coming from the urethra after bowel movement are just prostatic fluid. Can it also be discharged before a bowel movement, such as holding stool in because of no nearby toilet?

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A 36-year old male asked:

When I poop in the morning, I sometimes have a whitish/clearish discharge from my penis. All STD/UTI tests came back negative. Is it prostate fluid from straining, or can sexual thoughts at night cause this discharge?

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A 22-year old male asked:

When ejaculation is stopped deliberately, since prostatic and seminal fluid can backflow to the bladder, can it flow back into the ejaculatory duct?

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A 80-year old male asked:

Will the green laser prostate treatment eliminate bladder fluid retention? I'm due in surgery next tuesday.

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A 23-year old male asked:

To continue, the wet spot (without traces) when I woke up could be semen leakage, prostatic or seminal vesicle fluid, urine or it can be sweat? I was told semen can leak in a small amount (I also do semen retention). So is this why it occured?

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A 26-year old male asked:

Does the fluid in our prostate move around when we walk? I would assume its like having water in a cup if you move it the fluid will move around? Was just curious?

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A 50-year old female asked:

Some fluid comes out of my boyfriends penis after he has an orgasm but he had his prostate removed so what is this fluid?

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A 26-year old male asked:

Does our prostate empty fully when we ejaculate or there is always some seminal fluid still left in the prostate and seminal vesciles?

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A 58-year old male asked:

Prostate massage I have been experimenting with prostate massage and milking. I only get a small amount of clear fluid and i think I should be getting more. What is a normal amount of fluid should I get when milking ?

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