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Stroke patients who wish to do some fasting during the Holy month of Ramadan, for the Muslim faith can do it with ease.
This developed after the recent research made by the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran, has shown that those stroke patients who do some fasting during Ramadan cannot suffer from any form of physiological and biological changes from the activity.
The interesting data was taken by the researchers on more than 3,000 stroke patients between the years 2000 to 2006, who do some fasting during Ramadan.

Stroke patients who wish to fast during Ramadan can do without any health repercussions on their part.

They discovered that the case fatality rates before, during and after Ramadan were 25.3%, 24% and 26.1% respectively.
The researcher said the mean survival of stroke patients was not different statistically between Ramadan and the months before or after that.
Fasting during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar is a religious duty for healthy Muslim adults.
During the fasting month, believers are required to refrain from taking any food, beverages or oral drugs between dawn and sunset. Other religions also have their specific fasting regulations.