Indian COVID-19 patients start developing deadly black fungus infections
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If you thought things couldn t get any worse for India s ongoing COVID-19 battle, you re wrong.
A number of COVID-19 patients in India have been diagnosed with mucormycosis – a scary and potentially-deadly fungal that can affect a number of organs once contracted.
The disease is also known as black fungus , and is caused by mucormycetes – a class of mold that can be found growing in soil and decaying organic matter such as decomposing vegetation, manure, and rotting fruits. But also, the fungus can even be found in the nose and mucus of healthy people who unknowingly breathe it in.
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India’s health officials warned the country’s doctors to be on the lookout for mucormycosis, or so-called black fungus infections among coronavirus patients, particularly those with diabetes. The infection, which could be fatal, may cause black discoloration of the nose, facial pain, numbing or swelling, fever, chest pain or other issues.
The infection, which is caused by a group of molds that live in the environment, most commonly affects the sinuses or lungs after inhaling fungal spores, but can also occur on the skin after a cut, burn or other injuries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Coronavirus deadly fungus rotting Covid-19 patients organs and how to spot it
It is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes.
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A black fungus is supposedly rotting Covid-19 patients organs in India.
According to reports, the deadly fungus is presenting in Covid-19 patients being treated in Covid-stricken India.
Black fungus, the deadly post-COVID complication for India s recovered patients Read the article
By Caroline Chettri
Cases of mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection, have been on the rise in India.
Hospitals across India have been reporting cases of recovered patients contracting a rare fungal infection called
mucormycosis, or black fungus. This infection has a mortality rate of 50% and the increasing number of cases have begun to worry
medical experts in the country.
What is Mucormycosis?
fungal infection that affects
the sinuses, the brain and the lungs. The infection develops when one comes into contact with a group of moulds called