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Updated May 10, 2021 · 12:44 pm Representative image: Patients sit on bed waiting to be moved to a hospital, amidst the spread of the coronavirus in Ahmedabad on April 14. | Amit Dave/Reuters
The Vijay Rupani-led Gujarat administration has announced that all government-run hospitals reporting incidents of mucormycosis, a fungal infection more commonly known as “black fungus”, will set up separate wards to treat these patients,
The Indian Express reported on Sunday.
The rare infection is caused by a fungus named mucor, which is found on wet surfaces. General symptoms of the black fungus infection include headache, fever, pain under the eyes, nasal or sinus congestion, and partial loss of vision among others.
by Bhaswati Guha Majumder - May 10, 2021 10:15 AM
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This infection most commonly affects the sinuses or the lungs after inhaling fungal spores from the air.
It can be life-threatening in diabetic or severely immunocompromised individuals, such as cancer patients or people with HIV-AIDS.
The âBlack Fungusâ or Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that has been detected in many survivors of Covid-19 in India.
With several mucormycosis cases detected in Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Union health ministry have issued an advisory saying that it can turn fatal if left untreated.
The ‘black fungus’ maiming Covid patients in India
On Saturday morning, Dr Akshay Nair, a Mumbai-based eye surgeon, was waiting to operate on a 25-year-old woman who had recovered from a bout of Covid-19 three weeks ago.
Inside the surgery, an ear, nose and throat specialist was already at work on the patient, a diabetic.
He had inserted a tube in her nose and was removing tissues infected with mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection. This aggressive infection affects the nose, eye and sometimes the brain.
After his colleague finished, Dr Nair would carry out a three hour procedure to remove the patient’s eye.
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