hrp0084p3-751 | Diabetes | ESPE2015

Fasting the Holy Month of Ramadan in Older Children and Adolescence with Type 1 Diabetes in Kuwait

Mohamed Kholoud , Al-Abdulrazzaq Dalia , Busairi Eman El , Shawaf Faisal Al , Abdul-Rasoul Majedah

Background: Ramadan is the holy month of fasting for Muslims. New evolving technology in the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) had encouraged Muslim diabetics to pursuit the practice of fasting. There are limited data on fasting of children and adolescence with T1DM during the holy month.Objective and hypotheses: Our aim is to investigate the ability, effect and safety of children and adolescence with T1DM to fast the Holy Month of Ramadan 2014.<p ...