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If it's never ejaculated, what happens to the fluid?
by BurningFrog 2y ago
If it's never ejaculated, what happens to the fluid?
- johnisgood 2y agoThe body has several well-regulated mechanisms for handling it. If semen isn't ejaculated, the body reabsorbs the sperm in the epididymis and recycles the cellular material. Seminal fluids, which are produced during arousal, are either reabsorbed or, in cases like retrograde ejaculation (e.g., with alpha-blockers), pass into the bladder and are later urinated out. The system self-regulates; there's no harmful buildup to worry about. :) So, TL;DR: You will just urinate it out in our case.
- giantg2 2y agoI wonder if this leads to higher risk of prostate cancer, as an inverse to studies on relatively frequent ejaculation lowering prostate cancer risk.
- johnisgood 2y agoFrom what I gathered, it does not appear to have an impact on prostate cancer risk since the prostate still undergoes stimulation and fluid production, and the contents are still expelled. Silodosine-induced retrograde ejaculation does not prevent ejaculation from occurring, it simply redirects the pathway (different anatomical exit). It is different from chronic ejaculatory abstinence.
- chneu 2y agoWhat do you think happens with a vasectomy? It gets reabsorbed.
- aaronbrethorst 2y agoVasectomies don't prevent ejaculation. The semen is just sperm-free (after a brief period of time).
- fortran77 2y agoWith a vasectomy, you still ejaculate. Most of the fluid in an ejaculation comes from the prostate, which isn't affected by severing the vas deferens
- giantg2 2y agoHmm, I wonder if it's really unaffected. Have they found a mechanism for the small but statistically significant increase in prostate cancer rates related to vasectomy?