BelgianWaffle

Both of my doctors(internal medicine and urology) confirmed that it was blood. I submitted samples which they sent to labs. (along with urine sample to check for other things like infections... which always came back negative)

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GUWonder

It happens. Not all blood vessels are equal. And blood and plasma changes due to changes in environmental exposure can impact how the circulatory system and tissues/organs function.

Doc Savage

Since it seems to occur only after sitting for long periods, I'd wonder about low level prostatitis or epididymitis that might be causing it. Do you notice it after long bike rides, for example? Have your doctors tried antibiotic treatment for prostatitis?

midorosan

No it's not and yes you are being paranoid, if two doctors have said it's OK then guess what it's probably OK a little blood in the semen is not unusual only you know what you have been up to. When it happened to me apparently I had just been a little too vigorous and too often.
Oh happy days if I could just go back forty years.

leozsr

What were circumstances under which you notice blood in your semen? Did you share with your doctors. Perhaps the environment had something to do with it. During all my long haul flights I never noticed my semen. Maybe I am just not as lucky as you

Brewspar

If your blood is clotting somewhere else (say the legs) then it may be depleting platelets and clotting factors that could increase the chance of bleeding elsewhere... so I suppose that that could be a contributory factor, but I don't think it can be the whole story.
(dvt is often silent and the clots could dissolve on their own in the days or weeks after the flight). In this scenario the DVT would probably be the greater risk as it might take quite a lot to cause a noticeable amount of bleeding elsewhere.

readytogoagain

I had something like this happen on a trip to the Caribbean some years ago.
A long flight with delays from New York to St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles and a grueling hour and a half un-airconditioned van ride ended at the resort. 12 hours after leaving our house we were greeted outside at the entrance "Fantasy Island" style and presented with a very-large very-strong tropical alcoholic beverage. A few days later I started peeing blood. It was a urinary tract infection and a bit painful and of course scary to get sick on a rather rural small foreign island. Urinary Tract Infections? Never had one before and never again since. They gave me some antibiotics and it was over a week later once we got home.

Never knew what happened and the doctors had no clue despite all the testing after the fact. Was just thinking about it a few years later and it just came to me when I thought it through it was really rather obvious. It should also be to you after reading the above.

So not sure if you drink alcohol before, during, or after the flight. If so try not doing it. As well, you should stay very well hydrated and drink a lot of water during the trip and after. Coffee and tea with caffeine can be dehydrating as well and avoided. Maybe some Gatorade or other drink with electrolytes would help..

Try that next time as an experiment and let us know how you do

flyinhy

As a physician, I can tell you this is totally normal. Blood in the urine is a totally different matter. That CAN be a cause for concern, though usually is benign

JamesLoughney

My friend - I had similar symptoms two years ago. Like an idiot I looked at the internet and concluded I could have cancer of practically any organ between the knees and the navel. After I spoke to my General Practitioner he referred me to a Consultant Neurologist here in the UK for more diagnostic tests. Long story short - no medical issues. I got strong advice from all the medical professionals that it is a not uncommon condition, perhaps caused by "mechanical damage" resulting from, shall we say, over-vigorous manual stimulation by an intimate partner - or possibly self-administered. Also by the way they said the nature of the delicate plumbing down there can mean it will take a number of weeks, possibly a month or so, for healing to complete and the visible symptoms to disappear entirely. So I am now symptom free and a wiser man!

xela

Yeah, it's totally normal !! You're an idiot twice: thinking that this can be related and, most of all, then deciding to bring this up for discussion on the flyertalk.com.

Scott Kiwi

Usually after a long flight, I do not check my semen for blood. Perhaps this thread may have me changing my ways. In order to be sure that the flight caused any problems, one would have to check pretty fast. What with the time it takes to deplane, walk to baggage, wait for baggage, find a taxi at slow rush hour traffic, once I am home I have forgotten all about it. I'll be more careful now. I still wouldn't be comfortable checking it on the plane or even at the airport.

deelmakur

Maybe it was bleeding gums. In any case, Mr. Waffle seems like a handy sort. I'm sure he'll figure it out.

Bsmwrth

I'm not a doctor and this is not advice. Just my own experience.
a. Flight Japan to Dallas, economy class.
b. A day or two later, hemataspermia noticed.
c. A few days later, routine annual physical test (time of which entirely unrelated to above) shows elevated PSA (prostate specific antigen).
d. A few days later, urologist reckons b was related to a; sends me home.
e. 4 weeks later, hematuria noticed.
f. Urologist orders another PSA test. PSA is high. Biopsy indicates low-grade prostate cancer.
g. Two weeks later, another pathologist takes a look at biopsy specimens. Says it's high-grade PC (Gleason 9). MRI confirms size and position of cancer.
h. 4 weeks later, begin eight week daily radiation treatment at Johns Hopkins, followed by 2 year androgen deprivation therapy. (ADT).
i. Five years later (i.e. today) cancer gone or still in remission, I'm glad to say.
Again,I'm not a doctor and this is not advice, but I do note that a PSA test is non-invasive and very inexpensive, and could set one's mind at rest.

chrismk

Charming. There speaks someone who has posted 7 times in 8 years