فهرست مطالب armita massoud

Nearly one billion adult Muslims across the world refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn until dusk during the holy month of Ramadan. The duration of Islamic fasting varies depending on the coinciding season and geographical location. The present study aimed to review the health benefits of Islamic fasting. 

This review was carried out after searching in several databases such as Science Direct, PubMed, Medline, PMC, Google Scholar and also the related articles. 

Islamic fasting is along with many health benefits such as the reduced risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and cancer. Although, some health problems have mentioned during Islamic fasting like dehydration, headaches. 

According to the results of this review, religious fasting positively influences the body weight and lipid and glucose levels, while exerting antioxidative effects, increasing longevity, and improving the renal and immune function. The health benefits of fasting could be reinforced through the balanced intake of various nutrients, such as dairy products, fruits and vegetables, meat and fish, cereals, and grains, as well as beverages such as water and milk, during Ramadan.

The globally-distributed widow spiders are among the venomous and dangerous species of arachnids. Widow spider bites are prevalent in the majority of countries. Since widow spiders had not been previously spotted in the Eastern Azerbaijan Province, we decided to report the cases. This is the report of 4 patients, who had been bitten by widow spiders around Kaleybar and Ahar regions in Eastern Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The patients, complaining of black colored spider bite, had been dispatched to the Emergency Medical Services Center of the province. Based on the patients’ symptoms, we suspected the bites belonged to widow spiders. We visited the residence of the patients and finally managed to hunt the spider in the grain fields near Abish Ahmad, a subsidiary to the City of Kaleybar, where three cases had been bitten. Examinations of the hunted spider in the zoology laboratory of Tabriz University revealed its species as Latrodectus dahli. Bite of the widow spider results in stimulation of the nervous system, hypertension, tachycardia, muscle spasms, and severe pains in patients, which need hospitalization, palliative care, and in some cases antidotes.