You have heard that a man can shoot blanks. Ejaculate semen, with few or no sperm cells.

But, did you know that it is also possible for a man to ejaculate, little or NO SEMEN?

Technically, he produces semen but it doesn’t enter the vagina. It goes back into his bladder. 👇🏽
It is called Retrograde Ejaculation?

Causes:

Normally, the muscle at the opening of the bladder (bladder neck muscle) tightens to prevent ejaculate from entering the bladder as it passes from the prostate into the tube inside the penis (urethra).

However, in this case...
...the bladder neck muscle doesn't tighten properly. As a result, sperm can enter the bladder instead of being ejected through the penis.

Risk factors:

• Surgery: bladder neck surgery, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection surgery for testicular cancer or prostate surgery.
• Side effect of certain medications (not all) used to treat high blood pressure, prostate enlargement and depression

• Nerve damage caused by a medical condition, such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease or a spinal cord injury.
SYMPTOMS:
• Ejaculating very little or no semen out of your penis (dry orgasms)
• Urine that is cloudy after orgasm because it contains semen
• Inability to get a woman pregnant (male infertility)

RE isn’t harmful, also erection isn’t affected. However, it causes infertility.
PREVENTION:
1. If you take medication or have health conditions that put you at risk of RE, ask your doctor what you can do to lower your risk.

2. Bladder or prostate surgery?, ask your Dr. about the risk of RE.

If you plan on having children in the future...
... have a discussion with your doctor about options for preserving semen before the surgery.

Note: Semen is the fluid medium that transports sperm cells. Sperm cells are the active agents responsible for fertilization.

Semen and sperm cells, are not to be used interchangeably.
Remember, infertility isn’t associated with any gender.

Infertility can equally be from male factors as well as female. In some cases both factors contribute.

Dear man, before you blame that woman, check yourself, thoroughly, clinically. No matter what, hold hands.

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1st time I talked about male infertility this year...
Someone called me a man hater. Wicked feminist.

Yesterday, I made a post about male infertility.

Minority:
“You’re Dickmatized”
“Mind your gender. Allow real men to talk about this”

Majority:
“Helpful post”

I won’t stop!😊
I talk about women’s health all the time. But when it comes to infertility... we need to understand it’s both genders.

It takes a twisted, twarted and patriarchal mind to think, that a simple medical post about Male infertility, equals hatred. Or is worth trying to slut-shame.
In medical practice there are no gender roles. There are no gender specific specialties. While it may be understood that a patient might prefer a particular gender, for specific reasons... it doesn’t make the other gender less capable of being a health worker.
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Cause?
Hypertension in pregnancy

Who is at risk?
- Known hypertensives, before pregnancy
- Pregnancy-induced Hypertensives- PIH

#WorldHypertensionDay 👇🏽
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This causes partial or complete loss of vision. Most times it isn’t permanent, and patient may recover their vision after a while.
Hypertension, also causes other complications like Preeclampsia and Eclampsia. Which comes with raised BP, headaches, leg swelling, protein in urine, and in severe cases, seizures.

Hypertension is a major cause of maternal and fetal mortality in Africa.

This can be prevented.
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Lori iro, you’re just an ‘aspiring cultist’, cos how do y’all drink this Agbo of a thing😩.

Aarrrgh!🤢
Seriously though,
Medically speaking... bitter doesn’t always equate healthier.

While herbs are therapeutic, the problem is the lack of regulation, and false sense of safety it provides.

You live recklessly, then fall back on high-dose herbs as a safety net. Risky.
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Though refined sugars are not so healthy...
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My first question: “A qualified nurse?”
Silence.
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I understand.

However, “Penny wise... pound foolish”.
It’s best to spend that initial time and money seeking out a specialist. Else, you might spend more in the long run.
I later got to find out that this woman who claims to be a nurse, just owns a chemist shop and once worked as an auxiliary nurse in a private hospital back in the day.

She had initially flooded her with antibiotics from an imaginary PID! Before she finally got a scan diagnosis.
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