The effect of Ramadan related activities (Mid_day nap), early night prayers, and late night prayers on seizure frequency during Ramadan among fasting epileptic patients

Effect of physical activities and obesity on Ramadan fasting among hypertensive patients

Objective: To find out the effect of physical activities and obesity among Ramadan fasting hypertensive patients of Karachi. Methods: 117 hypertensive patients were selected conveniently from the staff and faculty members of Dow University and other locations of Karachi. The inclusion criterion was the hypertensive patients with at least 20 days of fasting. The investigators visited three times...

Fasting during Ramadan and obesity.

Effect of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on neonatal birth weight

Aim &Background: Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the 9th lunar month. The duration of fasting varies from 13 to 18 hrs per day. Fasting individuals abstain from drinking liquids and eating foods. Manypregnant women and gynecologists are concerned about the possible complicationsassociated with fasting and effects on fetal health. The aim of this study was to determine the ef...

Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Renal Physiology

All the world's religions recommend a period of fasting, and of these, one whole month of intermittent fasting every year is particular to Islam. Muslims have two meals, one immediately after sunset and the other just before dawn with a period of fasting ranging from 11-18 hours. Therefore, we can assume that physiological changes occurring during Ramadan would be different from those occurring...

Does the seizure frequency increase in Ramadan?

During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, adult Muslims are required to refrain from taking any food, beverages, or oral drugs, as well as from sexual intercourse between dawn and sunset. In this study, we aimed at discovering alterations in drug regimens and the seizure frequency of epileptic patients during Ramadan (15 October 2004-13 November 2004). In the 3 months follo...