Hello everyone,
I know this subject has been discussed before, but I've never seen a conclusion to someone who reported this symptom.
For the past ten years I have had blood in my semen, not just now and then but every time. Firstly just some brown blobs in what you could otherwise describe as normal semen, but increasingly more brown (blood) and thinner/watery semen, and increasingly very small pinhead sized pieces of tissue. Every visit to my GP was met with the same reaction, and that is that this was nothing to be concerned about. After 5 years of this I finally asked to see a different Dr, and she advised a PSA test. My PSA was then 2.7 and I was referred to a urology dept at our local hospital. A prostate scan showed a "grossly enlarged prostate" and some "areas of concern" and a biopsy was conducted. The result came back as "inconclusive" so another biopsy was done, but again came back as inconclusive. Now 5 years later a third biopsy was done, and again the result was inconclusive, My PSA was now 5.7 I was then referred to a specialist cancer hospital for a transperineal biopsy. After another 1 year wait the biopsy was done. The outcome? Prostate cancer was found in 1 sample. Gleeson score of 3+3.
With the medication I am now on, (tamsulosin and finasteride) I have no semen but I still ejaculate a small amount of brownish red blood.
Now what concerns me is that I know that I have cancer, I also know that tumors (even small ones) can seep blood, but I am still being told that this blood is nothing to be concerned about, I have a small tumor that is bleeding and has been doing so for many years apparently, but the standard response from GPs the NHS and sites such as this one, is to be told not to worry about this symptom.
I was lucky to find a GP who thought this justified a PSA test. I wonder how many people with this symptom are just left undiagnosed until it is too late to do anything about it.
Christoph