Introduction: Acute pain caused by kidney stones is considered one of the most prevalent reasons for referring to treatment centers or hospitals. One of the essential issues in this field, which still has many questions, is the probability of an increase in kidney stone formation during fasting. This study assessed the relationship between kidney stone pain and fasting during Ramadan.
Methods: This study conducted a descriptive cross-sectional check on the patients who referred to 3 central urgencies named Imam Khomeini-Shahid Labafi Nejad and Baghiatallah due to Colic pain generated from kidney stones during three periods of time, including before, in, and after Ramadan.
Results: The study indicates ureteral stones are more prevalent than kidney stones in patients with Kidney Colic Pain during three periods. Also, it was released that the most amount of Colic pain was experienced by males under 40 years during three periods of time, so there is a significant relevance between the male gender and Renal Colic (P<0.05). A noticeable change in diet and more usage of carbohydrate compounds in addition to high-protein diets was reported here, so there is a significant difference between more carbohydrates and Renal Colic before and after Ramadan (P=0.022).
Conclusion: It is specified that factors such as male gender, age under 40, being overweight, high-calorie diet, and low physical activity are the risk factors associated with Renal Colic. Also, this study found that the reception of renal colic patients in Ramadan had no significant difference in another two months.