# They should warn guys about hemospermia (perhaps TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069 "2014-02-11T17:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069/21 "2014-02-12T03:50:00Z")
My husband starting having this happen a year ago. At first I thought that the blood was coming from me, but feebly suggested that he make sure it wasn’t him. He ignored me… for two weeks, at which point I’d apparently had a headache for enough nights in a row that he found out it was him after all. It was a chronic thing for him, and his nuts felt sore, too. Antibiotics were the first stab at treatment, and they didn’t work. Oddly enough what did work was FloMax. I guess it increases circulation in the area, which allowed whatever needed to heal, heal. He was on it for three or four months before the blood went away entirely, though there was an almost immediate improvement. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069/22 "2014-02-12T03:56:12Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Wow. Y’know, they never mentioned this in nursing school, either. Nor is it listed as a possible side effect/risk of warfarin on the package (snicker) insert. It completely makes sense, but I would not have known what to tell a patient who told me his spunk was brown. Since I both teach people about warfarin AND have an aging husband on it, I’m incredibly glad I found out about this in this thread! :eek: Agrees with **WhyNot**. I’m really happy I found this thread. There have been several occasions what happened inside as I was cleaning up after making love with my aging husband. I’m not going to share the female TMI stuff about spotting or tearing, but I did notice the brown on my legs. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069/23 "2014-02-12T04:11:39Z")
Do you… like… scarf down cups of whole milk laced with cane sugar the night before Valentines Day and then when you see your girl say, “C’mere, sweety! Have I got a Treat for You…!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069/24 "2014-02-12T04:24:45Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I’m not going to share the female TMI stuff about spotting or tearing, but I did notice the brown on my legs. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that older \*women \*on blood thinners probably experience more frequent and worse vaginal and vulvar bleeding, too. And, of course, man or woman, anytime you’ve got an open spot with bleeding involved, you’ve got a much higher risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV and hepatitis. Our medical community really needs to stop ignoring the fact that our Elders have sex. This stuff is _important_. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069/25 "2014-02-12T05:01:37Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > _Last edited by Count Blucher; Today at 08:13 PM. Reason: No woman will ever laugh at this post. Ever._ \ I hate to imagine what that post said _before_ he edited it! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069/26 "2014-02-12T05:21:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ve had this twice in the last 20 or so years. Both times my partner said it tasted funny (not like chocolate milk). He can tell what I’ve been eating or drinking by tasting my cum . . . especially what supplements I’ve been taking. He can also tell how long it’s been since my previous orgasm. Wow, I’m … impressed. I’ve never had anyone that devoted to the variations in flavor. Good for you (checks, does not find any envy smiley). Roddy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-warn-guys-about-hemospermia-perhaps-tmi/681069.md?page=1)