{"id":14574,"date":"2019-12-12T01:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T01:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14574"},"modified":"2019-12-12T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T01:20:09","slug":"causes-of-discharge-in-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/causes-of-discharge-in-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of Discharge in Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you noticed discharge coming out of your penis? If so, don\u2019t be alarmed. Sometimes it\u2019s totally normal. Here\u2019s a quick rundown of causes of discharge in men, when it\u2019s nothing to worry about and when to see a doctor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is normal discharge?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discharge is a general term to describe any non-urine fluid that comes from the urethra\u2014the tube that carries semen from the ejaculatory ducts and urine from the bladder.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Normal discharge includes ejaculate and preejaculate. Smegma, which can build up around the tip of the penis, isn\u2019t technically discharge but rather a secretion in the foreskin. It\u2019s made up of skin oils, skin cells and moisture and it\u2019s secreted by the sebaceous glands in the skin.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ejaculate, which is also known as semen, is the cloudy fluid that comes out of the penis during an orgasm. It\u2019s a mix of sperm and seminal fluid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preejaculate is the mucus produced in the two pea-sized glands (called Cowper\u2019s glands or bulbourethral glands) below the prostate gland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is abnormal discharge?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are quite a few causes of abnormal discharge, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia and gonorrhea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which occur when bacteria from the rectum or skin get into the urethra and infect the kidneys, bladder and\/or urethra<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Trichomoniasis, which is a common infection that may not cause any symptoms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Balanitis, which refers to inflammation around the head of the penis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you notice a discharge that\u2019s not urine, ejaculate or preejaculate and you notice itching or burning, testicular pain or swelling, burning when urinating, strong-smelling urine, nausea or vomiting, excessive urination, trouble urinating, cloudy urine with pus or urine that looks red, pink or brown, it\u2019s best to see your doctor sooner rather than later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most causes of discharge are treatable, and the sooner you get on medication, the lesser your chances of permanent damage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed discharge coming out of your penis? If so, don\u2019t be alarmed. Sometimes it\u2019s totally normal. Here\u2019s a quick rundown of causes of discharge in men, when it\u2019s nothing to worry about and when to see a doctor. What is normal discharge? Discharge is a general term to describe any non-urine fluid that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[730],"class_list":["post-14574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-sex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}