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1Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Ramadan fasting is one of the Pillars of Islam. Its observance involves abstinence from eating and drinking from dawn until sunset during the entire holy month. The effects of Ramadan fasting on body physiology as well as on the different biochemical, hematological, and metabolic parameters are reviewed. Metabolic changes, when present, are mild and reversible. The effects of fasting on diabetes mellitus, treatment with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents, and anticoagulation therapy are discussed.
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