Newlyweds Jeff and Clara, both year-old professionals, fell in love quickly and were convinced they were the "right match" -- until they had sex. I thought I had contracted an STD [sexually transmitted disease]. Horrified, she made an appointment with the gynecologist for testing and was nervous about having a "tricky conversation" with Jeff. After several doctors' visits and hours of research online, the North Carolina couple finally got some answers, but it derailed their sex life and shook their marriage. Clara had seminal plasma hypersensitivity , an allergic reaction to the proteins in Jeff's semen.
Woman Hospitalized For Allergic Reaction To Husband's Sperm On 'Sex Sent Me To The E.R.'
Semen analysis and sperm function tests: How much to test?
Ah milk. The Dairy Council spends billions of dollars each year promoting the benefits of this cold, white drink. But have you ever wondered about the benefits of man milk? As crazy as it sounds, semen has a multitude of benefits stemming from the minerals and nutrients it contains, and those seminal benefits can be passed directly on to you. One of these is nerve growth factor. Its primary responsibility in semen is to help relax the female so that the sperm can achieve its reproductive objective. This means that increasing nerve growth factor would only prove to make people happier.
Semen analysis and sperm function tests: How much to test?
But how much of this is true and how much of it is gross old wives' tale? I mean, you should worry. You should definitely worry. In fact, you should probably rethink your life choices if you find yourself in that situation.
Sperm — about 1 to 5 percent of the semen — are the tadpole-like reproductive cells that contain half of the genetic information to create human offspring. The seminal plasma fluid, which is about 80 percent water , makes up the rest. For the most part, yes, the components that make up semen are safe to ingest.