Ramadan Tips: Fasting and Cardiac Illness
Health
29 April, 2021, 12:00 pm
Last modified: 29 April, 2021, 12:00 pm
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- Patients with stable cardiac illness can fast during Ramadan, provided they comply with the recommended dietary and medication regimens.
- Patients with angina or chest pain and old myocardial infraction or heart attack who are able to perform normal activities can observe the fast as well.
- However, they should reduce their physical activity during the month.
- Fasting is helpful in patients with ischemic heart disease associated with diabetes, overweight & dyslipidemia.
- But those who have had recent heart attack should not fast.
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