One common practice claimed to prevent pregnancy is taking salt and water before or immediately after intercourse. It is also claimed that washing the vagina just immediately after intimacy is even more effective. Thus salt and water acts as a spermicide. How true is this?...CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
According to Healthline, spermicides prevent pregnancy by killing sperm, and are available as foams, gels, creams, films,s suppositories and tablets.
To understand the effectiveness of salt and water is to address our basic human biology. Obviously whatever is taken through the mouth finds it way to the stomach.
Thus, after taking salt & water, whether before or after intimacy, it simply leaves the mouth, through the esophagus it gets to the stomach. Definitely the whole process of digestion & absorption sets in and eventually, what is left as waste is either excreted through the feces or urine.
According to NimedHealth, there is no link between preventing pregnancy and taking salt and water. Much of what is taken is eventually lost through the urine. There is a clear demarcation between the digestive and the reproductive systems.
What about washing the Vjay with salt and water? Will it kill whatever sperm that’s deposited already?
This is also not true. The semen itself contains nutrients of which sodium is among. Thus, salt does not harm the sperm.
According to MayoClinic, it should be noted that taking salt and water for whatever reason is strictly not advisable. It can result into health complications including hypertension. It may also predispose the kidneys and the heart to malfunction.
While salt and water may seem to have worked for you or someone, there is no medical proof for it. Worthy of note is that many things play a role in whether a pregnancy would occur or not, with factors which could be from the man or woman. There are other birth control methods which are not just medically proven, but also safer for your health.
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