Fasting after surgery, fasting for someone suffering from dizziness
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Question
A. A woman who underwent foot surgery under sedation two weeks ago and still occasionally experiences foot pain, what is her status regarding the fast?B. Also, a 60-year-old man who occasionally experiences mild dizziness, what is his status regarding the fast?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
A. Begin fasting, and if you feel unwell, you should eat and drink.
B. Begin fasting, and if you feel unwell, you should eat and drink.
Quoting from the rabbi's rulings on situations where one does not fast or needs to break the fast:
A sick person who is not in danger, meaning someone who has taken to bed or is ill throughout the body, meaning cannot function normally, is exempt from fasting (but if he knows that painkillers will help him, he should take them, and if he needs to take them with water, he may take water, but make it bitter with salt or tea bags). Therefore, someone with headaches that prevent functioning or require bed rest, or who experiences dizziness (and medications do not help), is exempt from fasting, as well as someone with a fever above 38 degrees Celsius is exempt from fasting.
A person suffering from migraines, if he feels headaches that will develop into a migraine, is exempt from fasting.
Those exempt from fasting should not eat sweets.