Doctors say that this disease is increasing due to the use of high-dose steroids to control the infection of the lungs. Apart from this, people who have other serious diseases like diabetes, cancer can also fall prey to it.
What is Black Fungus:
According to doctors, mucormycosis (black fungus) isa fatal infection that affects the blood supply in our body. The blood supply stops from where it becomes black fungus and in a way it damages the blood supply in the nerve system where it has spread. Only after surgery, the patient is saved by removing the black fungus from that part. At the moment, patients with corona have black fungus in their noses.
These are the symptoms of black fungus:
- Nasal Dryness
- Drag off
- Discoloration of black or black blood from the nose
- Difficulty in opening the eyes
- Sudden appearance of both eyes or less than one eye, swelling in the eye.
Prescriptions:
- Do not take steroids dose on your mind or according to anyone when it is coronary.
- Use the prescribed amount of steroid only after the advice of a doctor.
- If you are a diabetic patient, you need to be alert for several months after corona recovery.
- If you have any symptoms, go directly to the doctor. It is detected by nasal endoscopy or by a nasal biopsy as needed.
-The sooner the disease gets caught, the better the recovery will be.
The highest risk in diabetes patients:
According to doctors, the greatest risk is in diabetes patients. Apart from this, patients whose immune system is very weak. These include HIV, AIDS, cancer, and other serious patients. At the same time, it is coming in common patients that those who have used steroids to protect themselves from corona are also having problems. The immune system of diabetes patients is already weak and they have to give steroids to control the lung infection, which increases the chances of this effect.
This disease is not new. (History)
NBT spoke to Dr. B. Vagish Padiyar, Senior ENT Specialist, Realty Hospital, and Dr. GC Vaishnav, a well-known expert in diabetes in the city. He said that such cases have increased among the patients of the city. Black fungus is not a new disease. It has been happening to people in our country before but now due to steroids being used during the corona, its cases have increased rapidly. Dr. B. Vagish said that in the last month, he has operated on 7 patients with black fungus in the hospital.Cases in India:
Doctors say that if the disease is caught in the initial stage, then the patient can be treated completely. Even if it is spread in the nose and has not reached the brain and lungs, the chances of survival of the patient are 50-50. If spread to the lungs, the patient's chances of survival remain at 25 percent and if the mucormycosis has spread to the blood, then the patient's chances of survival are very low. Therefore, it is very important to have a nasal endoscopy when there is doubt as well as being alert.
The woman was admitted to SNMMCH a week ago
The corona-infected woman in Dhanbad, who has been diagnosed with black fungus, was admitted to the Shaheed Nirmal Mahato Medical College and Hospital for the past week. Black fungus infection was confirmed on Tuesday. The patient has been suffering from kidney, diabetes disease for a long time.Patients found in Meerut and Bijnor:
After Mumbai and Gujarat, 2 patients of black fungus have also been found in Meerut, who have been admitted to a private hospital. Both the patients are residents of Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar. Those who have been admitted to Neutrima, a private hospital in Meerut.Noida:
Hyodose steroids are being used to control lung infections of corona-infected people, with black fungus (mucormycosis) coming to the city hospitals as well. The highest risk of this is to diabetes patients who have been hit by corona. There are cases of black fungus during recovery and even after recovery.
