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  • 2019-10-17 (xsd:date)
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  • No, don’t use salt or toothpaste to test for pregnancy – use medically approved test instead (en)
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  • A Facebook post published in Nigeria in August 2019 and shared more than 500 times claims the most effective and easiest method of testing pregnancy by pregnant women is a salt pregnancy test. Headlined Pregnancy test with salt or white toothpaste at home, the post explains how to make homemade pregnancy tests using salt or toothpaste. It was posted on a Facebook group that claims to be a forum for learning about women related issues, family, sexology and how to care & pamper your skin. Claims not scientifically proven Two specialists told Africa Check that its instructions for homemade pregnancy tests were not founded in science. Dr Bolanle Okesina, a consultant obstetrician-gynaecologist at the Kwara State Specialist Hospital in Ilorin, Nigeria, said that the claim that one can do a salt pregnancy test is not correct. That claim has not been scientifically proven. I believe a woman can go for blood test to confirm if she is pregnant or not. Pregnancy tests have nothing to do with salt. Dr Kingsley Ekwuazi , a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the University of Nigeria , said the claim about using toothpaste to test for pregnancy makes no sense medically. The claim sounds untrue to me. It has not been scientifically proven. I wouldn’t advise any woman to test for pregnancy using toothpaste. Medically approved pregnancy tests detect the different forms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), also known as the pregnancy hormone . There is no evidence that salt or toothpaste detect hCG. – Motunrayo Joel (en)
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