Keeping the affected area clean and dry can usually help reduce skin redness. If an infection is the cause of your skin redness, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics to reduce the infectionâs symptoms. 1  1.
1 Exposed to air, on a cold surface or clothing, for example, sperm usually die within minutes. 2  In a closed and clean container at body temperature, sperm can survive for 4-6 hours or even more.  Sperm can be frozen at extremely low temperatures (but not in the refrigerator) and survive for years.
It is heat sensitive and cannot survive in high temperature. In the man's testicles, the semen or seminal fluid provides a favorable environment. Here, the seminal fluid allows the sperm to be motile and in constant temperature. Inside the body, sperm lives for up to 74 days. The main reason why male's testicles are hanging further away from the man's body is that to protect the sperm from the heat of the body. Sperm may also die due to the person's negative lifestyle. Alcoholism, smoking, drugs and others can affect sperm survival rate.