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How do you counsel patients with acute intermittent porphyria when it comes to fasting for religious reasons?

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Hematology · The Mass General Porphyria Center

This is a very difficult question and it depends on the individual patient, their disease severity, their particular triggers, and how they have done in the past with caloric restriction. The patient may want to speak with a clergy member for guidance in this situation as well. For inst...

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