The effect of Ramadan related activities (Mid_day nap), early night prayers, and late night prayers on seizure frequency during Ramadan among fasting epileptic patients

Abstract

Epilepsy is one of the common neurological disorders; many factors can precipitate on attack of convulsion like sleep deprivation, infection, dehydration, sudden cessation of treatment. To study the effect of Ramadan related activities (Midday nap “qaylola”, Early night prayers “Tarawih”, and late night prayers “tahajud”)and seizure frequency during Ramadan among fasting epileptic patients. This non interventional descriptive study. It was conducted in daoud charity clinic during the period from May to July 2018.Almost 75Sudanese epileptic patients who were fasting Ramadan were included in this study. 53% of them male and 46% female.75% of our patients have generalized tonic clonic, 13% have focal with impairment, 8% have focal to bilateral 2.7% have myclonus, 1.3% have more than one type.The study show the number of attack decrease with the midday nap and early night prayers. Late night prayers don't affect the frequency of attack. There was no relationship between type of epilepsy and developing convulsion during Ramadan. Sleep deprivation in Eltahajud doesn't affect developing convulsion while midday nap and early night prayers decrease the chance of developing the attack.