Ann Infertil Reprod Endocrinol | Volume 4, Issue 1 | Short Communication | Open Access
Fayig Elmigdadi*, Mohammed Elmuttalut, Naif Alsoghaier, Hamad Alsaykhan, Abdullah Alnafeesah and Fahad Almatham
Department of Biochemistry, Qassim University, KSA
*Correspondance to: Fayig Elmigdadi
Fulltext PDFRamadan fasting is a known factor that affect Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) secretion and subsequently cortisol levels in humans. Single-point measurements of these 2 hormones had not clarified whether this effect of Ramadan is lasting throughout the 30 days of the month of Ramadan. Plasma ACTH had significantly risen on day 2 of fasting (66 ± 5 IU/ml vs. 41 ± 7 IU/ml), while plasma cortisol levels were also significantly elevated from 458 ± 83 nmole/L to 778 ± 107 nmole/L. It is suggested here that this elevation in plasma ACTH and in plasma cortisol levels is primarily due to the effect of Ramadan fasting. After 22 days of Ramadan fasting, the plasma levels of both hormones had returned to their original values before Ramadan suggesting that this effect of Ramadan fating is primarily due to psychological factors and stress rather than other ones including
food and drinks fasting and others. These data were reproducible during the month of Ramadan in the year 2019.
Elmigdadi F, Elmuttalut M, Alsoghaier N, Alsaykhan H, Alnafeesah A, Almatham F. Ramadan Fasting has a Profound Impact on the Levels of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cortisol. Ann Infert Rep Endocrin. 2021, 4(1): 1024..