A 25-Hour Fast Among Quiescent Hereditary Coproporphyria and Variegate Porphyria Patients is Associated With a Low Risk of Complications

• Published in: Rambam Maimonides medical journal Vol. 14; no. 1; p. e0003
• Main Authors: Edel, Yonatan, Mamet, Rivka, Sagy, Iftach, Snast, Igor, Kaftory, Ran, Mimouni, Tomer, Levi, Assi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Israel Rambam Health Care Campus 29.01.2023
• Subjects: attack; emergency department; fast; porphyria; yom kippur

In patients with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP), prolonged fasting is a known trigger of AHP attacks. Despite this, some Jewish AHP patients-mainly hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) and variegate porphyria (VP) patients-fast for 25 consecutive hours during the traditional Jewish holy day known as Yom K...