Salt and water, new ebola patners!

                            Salt water solution

                     

At least two persons have been feared killed and 20 others hospitalised in various hospitals in Plateau State after consuming excessive quantity of salt and bitter kola to prevent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) attack.The two, according  to a source were rushed to the hospital by their family members after they suddenly collapsed in the morning, having consumed too much of salt over night. They later died of high blood pressure in the hospitals.


                                        How salt works on you body

Salt works on your kidneys to make your body hold on to more water.This extra stored water raises your blood pressure and puts strain on your kidneys, arteries, heart and brain.

I don't know where this sprang up from. But it was everywhere both on Bbm, Whatsapp, Facebook, and Twitter, lot of people hustling for handful of salt for bath, drinking and also brushing of teeth. But i want you all to know that this solution has no clinical prove whatsoever to cure or prevent Ebola
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