[thedoc]

What happens to all the sperm that isn’t ejaculated, where does it go and is it still healthy?
Asked by Natasha


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[neilep]

Doesn't it come out in wee wee ?..I'm sure I read that somewhere.

[Karen W.]

I was told that it is reabsorbed back into the body but I do not remember who told me so it may not be accurate...

[BenV]

You're quite right Karen, it's broken down and reabsorbed.  I'm sure a biochemist will be along soon enough to tell us more...

[neilep]

I'm a biochemist and I say it comes out with wee wee !! 

[Variola]

If memory serves me right they are reabsorbed into the epididymis after approx months. However there is still some confusion over what happens tot he mature sperm that are in the vas deferens, some studies have said they degrade slowly, others have said they come out in the urine, but nothing conclusive to my knowledge.
As for healthy, there is some speculation that regular ejaculation can reduce the chance of prostate cancer.

[Pwee]

I always thought that wet dreams serve the purpose of clearing out the old sperm if they weren't ejaculated for too long and giving way to fresh new ones. (As wet dreams I mean the "spontaneous" ejaculation/orgasm during the sleep).
I searched it up on Wikipedia and it sais that it is not clear yet, what's the role of this phenomenon.

[Variola]

I always thought that wet dreams serve the purpose of clearing out the old sperm if they weren't ejaculated for too long and giving way to fresh new ones. (As wet dreams I mean the "spontaneous" ejaculation/orgasm during the sleep).
I searched it up on Wikipedia and it sais that it is not clear yet, what's the role of this phenomenon.

Yep they do perform that function, but sometimes they don't always happen in men with a suppressed libido either from medicines or psychological reasons. Women have 'wet' dreams too so its not just for that reason, but it is one of them.

[Karen W.]

WE DO? LOL...LOL.. [] []

I have heard the same thing about chances of prostate cancer

Being reduced... I believe we have a thread here in the forum on that subject in a round about way!

[time-cop]

I think they wander around all dispondant, with their hands in their pockets, kicking empty cans.  [:-'(]

[Variola]

I think they wander around all dispondant, with their hands in their pockets, kicking empty cans.  [:-'(]

[] No that's what happens to the men who can't get laid...

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[vandana mishap]

Hi there,
I like drinking the sperm of my boyfriend and I think all women must do the same as your hubby/boyfriend will remain healthy and happy as always!

[jacob tolentino]

Cut the craft guys, they stay in the body to make ur body healthy. Only ur mind wants to released it.

[dunesh]

I agree with jacob.

[Bhush]

Is semen also recycled by the body?

[Totally Appalled]

To the baby cannibal Vandana mishap....keep your feeling to yourself, you are definitely not a girl.

[Guest]

Quite right Variola; frequent ejaculation through intercourse or masturbation seems to confer a benefit of reduced risk of prostate cancer.  See this article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4861-frequent-ejaculation-may-protect-against-cancer.html#.VFy7eXmQHt0

[allan marsh]

After my bowel cancer op zero sperm or seamen from 16 years ago.  I guess the surgeon just connected up wrong.   I think it's re absorbed

[syhprum]

I wonder how the American anti abortion fanatics feel about all these poor sperm that don't get to perform the task that god intended for them