Is Ramadan Fasting Safe for Kidney Transplant Patients with Nor-mal Renal Function? 5 Case Reports.

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

SS Beladi Mousavi²  F Motemednia²  F Hayati²  K Golzari²  M Beladi Mousavi¹ 

[1] Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Is-lamic Azad University, Omidiyeh, Khuzestan, Iran.;Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran,

关键词: Ramadan fasting;    Kidney Transplantation;    Allograft function;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj20460

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Background::RamadanfastingisprescribedforeveryhealthyMusliminIslamiccountries.Althoughfastingisnotmandatoryforkidneytransplantpatientsinthesecountries,someofthemarewillingtofastandasktheirphysicianswhetheritwouldaffecttheirrenalfunction.CaseReports::Wehavefivekidneytransplantpatients,twomenandthreewomen,withnormalallograftfunctionandormildallograftdysfunctionthattheyfastduringthemonthofRamadan.Theagesofourpatientswerebetween25to40yearsandanyoneofthemhaddiabetesmellitus.Alloffiverecipientsunderwenttransplantationatleast1yearpriortothemonthofRamadan,andhadstableallograftfunctionforatleast6monthspriortothefast-ing.Theirplasmacreatininelevelswerebetween0.9to1.4mg/dlbeforeRamadanandtherewerenosignificantchangesafterthat.TheyalsohaveanyclinicalproblemduringthemonthofRamadan.Conclusion::Inconclusion,itseemsthatfastingduringthemonthofRamadandoesnotassociatedwithanysignificantadverseeffectsinkidneytransplantrecipientswhohadnormalaswellasmildimpairedbutstablerenalfunctionpriortofasting.

【 授权许可】

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