MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES DURING RAMADAN: AN UPDATE FOR RUSSIAN-SPEAKING DOCTORS

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Fasting during the Islamic Ramadan month is one of the five obligatory pillars for each adult, healthy, and sane Muslim. People with severe illnesses, including type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus are exempt from fasting. However, many Muslims often insist on Ramadan participating despite any medical advises. It’s known that Muslims are the second largest religious group in Russia; thus, its crucial to have as much modern recommendation for management patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus as possible. The aim of this narrative review is to evaluate physiological and pathophysiological metabolism changing during holy Ramadan month, to clarify the management of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus during Ramadan, to determine the frequency of glucose measuring during the day, and to understand when its time to interrupt the fasting. Moreover, we discuss specific recommendations in glucose-lowering therapy changing, nutrition, physical activities and education.

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El-Taravi, Y. A., Baimukhambetova, D. V., Gorlenko, C. L., Kiselev, H. Y., Kokhanovskaia, I. I., Butorina, A. I., … Petunina, N. A. (2023). MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES DURING RAMADAN: AN UPDATE FOR RUSSIAN-SPEAKING DOCTORS. Diabetes Mellitus, 26(1), 82–92. https://doi.org/10.14341/DM12972

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