India, Oct. 9 -- Reproductive health can sometimes be a subject of gossip among friends, but not many individuals get their doubts cleared by a medical practitioner. As such, there are many rumours on the subject that freely float among individuals.

"Male fertility is often reduced to one factor: the sperm count," shared urologist and andrologist Dr Sanjay Prakash J with HT Lifestyle. "But reproductive health is far more complex than that. Several popular beliefs about semen and fertility can create unnecessary anxiety, or worse, delay the right evaluation."

He went to debunk five myths about men's reproductive health, which are presented as follows.

Dr Prakash J noted that while frequent ejaculation may temporarily reduce the sperm co...