Yom Kippur Fast — Strep Throat and Diarrhea
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Shalom u’vrachah
In any case, you should take the antibiotics. If you are able to swallow them without water, take them without water. If that is not possible, take a small amount of water, and first make it bitter with tea concentrate or salt, or the like.
Regarding the primary obligation to fast: you should begin fasting, rest a great deal, and avoid exertion. If during the day increased weakness begins, dizziness even while lying down, or black circles in the eyes, you should begin drinking in measured quantities. That is: 40 cc of fluids every 9 minutes, until the weakness passes.
Of course, in a case where it is necessary to drink in measured quantities, you may swallow the antibiotics with one of the “measured quantities” that you are drinking.
