Night blindness and ancient remedy

The aim of this article is to briefly review the history of night blindness and its treatment from ancient times until the present. The old Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Arabs used animal liver for treatment and successfully cured the disease. The author had the opportunity to observe the application of the old remedy to a patient. Now we know what the ancients did not know, that night blindness is caused by Vitamin A deficiency and the animal liver is the store house for Vitamin A

Impact of fasting in Ramadan in patients with cardiac disease

To investigate whether Ramadan fasting has any effect on patients with heart disease. We prospectively studied 465 outpatients with heart disease who were fasting during the month of Ramadan from October 24 to November 24, 2003. These studied subjects were from various medical centers in the Gulf region; State of Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. We performed detailed clinical assessments one month before Ramadan, during Ramadan and one month after Ramadan and analyzed predictors of outcome. Overall, the mean age was 55.9 +/- 11.3 years [age range 32-72]. Of the 465 patients treated, 363 [78.1%] were males and 102 [21.9%] females. Among them, 119 [25.6%] patients had congestive heart failure, 288 [62%] patients with angina, 22 [4.7%] patients with atrial fibrillation and 11 [2.4%] patients with prosthetic metallic valves. Three hundred and seventy [79%] had prior myocardial infarction [MI], 195 [17.2%] had prior coronary artery bypass surgery [CABG], and 177 [38%] had prior percutaneous coronary interventions [PCI]. At the time of follow-up, we found that 91.2% could fast and only 6.7% felt worse while fasting in Ramadan. Of the studied subjects, 82.8% were compliant with cardiac medications and 68.8% were compliant with dietary instructions. We hospitalized 19 patients during Ramadan for cardiac reasons [unstable angina, worsening heart failure, MI, uncontrolled hypertension, subtherapeutic anticoagulation or arrhythmias]. The effects of fasting during Ramadan on stable patients with cardiac disease are minimal. Most patients with stable cardiac disease can fast

Majnoon Lila

The love story of Majnoon Lila is well known across all levels of society in the Arab world. The story is famous in Arabic literature as well as in Arab folk stories. In this paper, the poems of Quasis are analyzed and made a diagnosis of organic heart disease from his complaints. "Love" in the history of medicine is described and decided to summarize it for Heart views