Semen and sperm are constantly used interchangeably but did you know? They’re actually different.
Sperm cells are a part of semen, the whitish fluid.
Here are 10 other facts about semen and sperm you probably didn’t know about:
Once the semen is dried, there’s little chance that a sperm would survive. But that doesn’t mean you should continue rutting on dired semen on the sheets just because you’re too lazy to change them!
This happens when you’re intolerant to the proteins in semen. According to WebMD, Dr David J. Resnick, acting director of the allergy division of New York Presbyterian Hospital, revealed at a conference that there are two types of cures for such an allergy: the woman can receive shots of her partner’s semen in small amounts, or the couple have to have sex frequently — but only in tandem with the doctor’s treatment, where a small amount of the man’s semen is inserted into her vagina, in increasing quantities over a few hours.
Sperms only make up one to two per cent of semen. The rest? Proteins, vitamins and minerals. This why a decrease in amount of ejeculation can affect your chances of getting pregnant, as it affects the flow of sperms to the fallopian tubes.
A semen analysis can give insights into a men’s fertility problems, or whether a vasectomy (or its reversal) is successful.
In this article, associate professor of urology at Harvard Medical School, Abraham Morgentaler, was quoted to have said that semen turns into a runny liquid after about half an hour so it won’t clog your drain.
Various reports state that the average volume of semen a man ejeculates at least 1.5ml, and can go up to 5ml.
Semen contains about five to seven calories.
The only difference? His semen won’t contain sperms.
In fact, there’s even a recipe book dedicated to this. It you’re brave enough to try, you know what to order on Amazon.
There’s a debate on whether the type of food your man eats will affect the taste of his semen.
While some claim that consuming foods like pineapples make their partners semen sweeter, other researchers were quick to refute the claims.
Text: Hidayah Idris/CLEO