Ramadan and diabetes: As-Saum (The fasting)
Ramadan, the ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar, is marked by religious ritual of fasting from early dawn till sunset by Muslims. Islam has allowed many categories of people to be exempt totally or temporarily from fasting. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes face possible major metabolic risks i...
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| description | Ramadan, the ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar, is marked by religious ritual of fasting from early dawn till sunset by Muslims. Islam has allowed many categories of people to be exempt totally or temporarily from fasting. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes face possible major metabolic risks including hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia with or without the risk of impending ketosis, dehydration, and thrombosis. Diabetics can be stratified into four categories based on their level of risk associated with fasting. The recommended ruling for persons in categories 1 and 2 is that they are prohibited from fasting to prevent harming themselves based on the certainty or the preponderance of probability that harm will occur, whereas the recommended ruling for those in categories 3 and 4 is that they should fast. The strategies to ensure safety of diabetics who are planning to fast include Ramadan-focused patient education, pre-Ramadan medical assessment, following a healthy diet and physical activity pattern, physician-recommended modifications in medication protocol and therapeutic recommendations and checking blood glucose as and when required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87cc5550ff2647e48814ca1345a9103f2022-12-22T01:20:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism2230-82102230-95002011-01-0115426827310.4103/2230-8210.85578Ramadan and diabetes: As-Saum (The fasting)Mohammed Abdul JaleelSyed Abbas RazaFarah Naaz FathimaBushra Naaz Fathima JaleelRamadan, the ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar, is marked by religious ritual of fasting from early dawn till sunset by Muslims. Islam has allowed many categories of people to be exempt totally or temporarily from fasting. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes face possible major metabolic risks including hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia with or without the risk of impending ketosis, dehydration, and thrombosis. Diabetics can be stratified into four categories based on their level of risk associated with fasting. The recommended ruling for persons in categories 1 and 2 is that they are prohibited from fasting to prevent harming themselves based on the certainty or the preponderance of probability that harm will occur, whereas the recommended ruling for those in categories 3 and 4 is that they should fast. The strategies to ensure safety of diabetics who are planning to fast include Ramadan-focused patient education, pre-Ramadan medical assessment, following a healthy diet and physical activity pattern, physician-recommended modifications in medication protocol and therapeutic recommendations and checking blood glucose as and when required.http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=4;spage=268;epage=273;aulast=JaleelAs-SaumDiabetes MellitusexemptionIftarrisk-stratificationsafety strategiessuhur |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Abdul Jaleel Syed Abbas Raza Farah Naaz Fathima Bushra Naaz Fathima Jaleel Ramadan and diabetes: As-Saum (The fasting) Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism As-Saum Diabetes Mellitus exemption Iftar risk-stratification safety strategies suhur |
| title | Ramadan and diabetes: As-Saum (The fasting) |
| title_full | Ramadan and diabetes: As-Saum (The fasting) |
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| title_short | Ramadan and diabetes: As-Saum (The fasting) |
| title_sort | ramadan and diabetes as saum the fasting |
| topic | As-Saum Diabetes Mellitus exemption Iftar risk-stratification safety strategies suhur |
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