What are the precautions before testing sperm quality?

For men of reproductive age, it is very important to have higher sperm quality, which can greatly improve the quality of fertilized eggs. If men want to improve sperm quality, they must first change many bad habits, such as going to the sauna less often. The temperature in the sauna is relatively high, and high temperature can easily damage sperm. In addition, they should eat more green vegetables and exercise more. So what should men pay attention to before testing sperm quality?

Things to note before testing sperm quality:

1. Sexual activity must be stopped for 2 to 7 days before semen collection, and masturbation, nocturnal emission, etc. should not be allowed. Smoking and drinking should be abstained from, and taking drugs that affect spermatogenesis should be avoided.

2. The best time to collect semen is in the morning. Wash your hands, genitals, and especially the glans penis with warm water before collecting semen. Masturbation or electric massage ejaculation can be used to induce ejaculation.

3. The discharge of semen has a certain order. The first part comes from the prostate, epididymis and ampulla, accompanied by a large number of sperm, and the last part comes from the seminal vesicle. Therefore, the entire semen should be collected without missing any part, especially the first part. Because the first part of semen is easily lost, semen cannot be collected using the in vitro fertilization method.

4. The container for semen should be clean, sterile and dry, and the temperature of the container should be the same as room temperature before semen collection. The bottle should not be too large, but the mouth of the bottle should not be too small to prevent the semen from being ejaculated out of the bottle. A label should also be attached to record the name and time of sperm collection.

5. In cold weather, semen specimens should be kept warm and placed in underwear bags. They should not be tilted or inverted and should be sent to the laboratory within 1 hour if possible.

Pay attention to maintaining local hygiene. The best time to collect semen is early in the morning. Wash the glans before collection. You can extract semen through masturbation or ejaculation during sexual intercourse. Submit the semen to a doctor for examination in time. The best time to collect semen is early morning. Men should stop having sex for 3-7 days before collecting semen. Before doing a routine semen test, do not take drugs containing antibiotics to avoid masking the patient's condition.

When collecting semen, you can use soft soap or paraffin oil to massage the penis and collect the specimen in a sterile test tube; you can also use a condom (rinsed clean and free of spermicide) or use the interrupted coitus method to collect semen, but the amount collected in this way is often not much.

What should you pay attention to before checking semen? There are the following points:

1. Abstain from sex for 3-5 days.

To ensure the accuracy of the test results, you should abstain from sex for 3-5 days, not more than 7 days.

2. Do not take antibiotics.

Before doing a routine semen examination, do not take any medications containing antibiotics to avoid masking the patient's condition.