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"The substantial proportion of both type 1 and variety 2 diabetic patients who rapidly through Ramadan represents a challenge to physicians to supply additional intensive education before fasting and emphasizes the will need for closer monitoring of blood glucose while in fasting." - (EPIDIAR) study Studies also indicate that there is a shift in meal time, pattern of meals, sort of food eaten and total caloric intake throughout Ramadan month. "Medical guidance is occasionally ignored for religious reasons. Occasionally a devoted Muslim will say, 'Allah will guard me'. He or she may not fear death or may possibly even want to die so as to meet the Creator. Counsel the patient by saying 'to see the physician and comply with therapy is Prophet Mohammad's sunnat (precedent)'. To refuse can be a sin." - JRSM (Journal of Royal Society of Medicine)
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