Histological studies on the effect of calabash chalk on the cerebellum of gestating Wistar rats

Abstract

Geophagy, although often seen in rural or preindustrial settings among children and pregnant women [11] is not limited to any particular age or time [12]. Clay consumption has been reported to be associated with pregnancy, and some women eat clay to eliminate nausea [13]. Report says that this process may also result in the absorption of dangerous toxins and eggs of parasites that may have been passed in animal faeces [14]. Anaemia, which is a deficiency of red blood cell and haemoglobin (oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood), as well as Ascaris lumbricoides infection, are some of the other factors associated with geophagy [14].