background & objectives: annually, many muslims fast during the month of ramadan worldwide. this practice has different favorable medical and physiological effects, such as improved serum lipid profile and blood glucose level due to changes in diet and sleep patterns. it has also been hypothesized that ramadan fasting may affect the immune system. as reported, ramadan fasting can influence the ...

More than 50 million Muslims throughout the world with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) fast for one lunar month (Ramadan) each year. Health care providers within and outside the Muslim world need to be aware of the nature of these partial days of fasting and their risks (and potential benefits) to people with T2DM, and need to provide Ramadan-adjusted diabetes care. Hypoglycemia during the fast...

Introduction: Ramadan is the holiest month in Islamic calendar and Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to sunset, in which there are changes in quality of food and eating patterns. The purpose of this study was to know whether these changes provide nutritional needs, and supply all of necessary macronutrients for individuals in the month. Method: A prospective observati...

BACKGROUND Fasting during the month of Ramadan is of vital significance amongst Muslims; however, little is known about the effects of this kind of fasting on patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). OBJECTIVES This nonrandomized prospective observational pilot study was designed to investigate the effects of Ramadan fast on the symptoms of CAD. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with docume...

Dear Editor, We read with interest the article entitled “Clinical and Biochemical Parameters of Hemodialysis Patients before and during the Islamic Ramadan Month,” which has published in your esteemed journal by Imtiaz and colleagues.1 In this study, fasting effect on 282 hemodialysis patients was assessed by Imtiaz and colleagues during Ramadan month. Fasting was suggested by this study to be ...

Ramadan is the month of fasting for Muslims; they fast from dawn to sunset. I studied patients attending walk-inclinics in the emergency department of Al-Bashir Hospital1 during the month of Ramadan 2010, 11 August to 9 September. A total of 7770 patients attended: 2566 (33%) attended in shift A, 8:00–18:00 hours (divided in two sessions), 2124 (27%) in shift B, 18:00–23:00 hours, and 3080 (40%...

The western region of Saudi Arabia is an area with a high prevalence of urolithiasis. This study was designed to find the effect of climatic changes on the occurrence of urinary stone colic as well as the effect of Ramadan fasting and pilgrimage festival. The emergency room (E.R.) records at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah were studied for 3 consecutive years. Males diagnosed as ur...

introduction: fasting during the holy month of ramadan is an obligation for all adult, healthy muslims. as several studies have indicated, both fasting and energy restriction can alter thyroid hormone metabolism and affect the clinical features and well-being of hypothyroid patients. hypothyroidism is more prevalent among women and the elderly. its prevalence has been reported to be 4-8% of the...

ramadan fasting during the month of ramadan is a religious obligation, practiced by millions of people around the world. ramadan fasting is essentially a fundamental change in lifestyle for one lunar month. this type of fasting may have significant effects on lipid profile. although there is no scientific consensus about the effects of fasting on cardiovascular risks such as changes in lipid pr...

Fasting is known as a migraine trigger for migraine. We aimed to study the impact of fasting The Holy month Ramadan on episodic