Fungus Infection: गाजियाबाद (Ghazaiabad news) में पहली बार येलो फंगस (Yellow fungus kya hai) का मरीज मिला था। इस मरीज में येलो के साथ ब्लैक (Black fungus symptoms) और वाइट फंगस (White fungus symptoms) भी मिला था। लखनऊ (Lucknow news) में यह दूसरा केस है जब एक मरीज में तीनों फंगस मिले हैं।
Dangerous cocktail of antibiotics, steroids, excessive steam leading to surge in black fungus cases?
Studies on black fungus are now shedding light on the multiple factors that might have contributed to the sharp surge in cases of mucormycosis in India.
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UPDATED: May 23, 2021 23:01 IST
Doctors performing a Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy to detect black fungus in a patient at a hospital in Jabalpur on Saturday (Photo Credits: PTI)
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Mortality among patients of mucormycosis was 30 per cent, indicate findings from another study
High temperature steam in large amounts taken excessively can damage the mucosa: Dr Rajeev Jayadevan
A study on black fungus involving 210 patients found that antibiotics were used to treat 100 per cent of these Covid-19 patients, who were later diagnosed with mucormycosis. Antiobiotics - Azithromycin, Doxycycline and Carbapenems - being prescribed for Covid patients in India, are known to increase the risk of fungal infections.
post corona problems, black fungus in bihar, infectious disease , corona disease, post corona effect, post covid complications | फंगस इन्फेक्शन इन दिनों चर्चा में है. पहले ब्लैक फंगस के कारण लोग बीमार पड़ रहे थे अब व्हाइट फंगस से संक्रमित मरीज भी मिलने लगे हैं. लेकिन यही दोनों केवल ऐसे ऑपर्चुनिस्टिक इन्फेक्शन नहीं हैं, जो कोरोना से ठीक हुए लोगों को लग सकते हैं बल्कि और भी कई ऐसे बैक्टीरियल इन्फेक्शन हैं, जो कमजोर हो चुकी इम्युनिटी की वजह से कोरोना से ठीक हुए मर�
Black Fungus in intestine: Rarest of rare cases found, treated at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Mucormycosis or Black Fungus of the small intestine was detected and treated in two recovered Covid-19 patients at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi.
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UPDATED: May 22, 2021 17:36 IST
[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] Doctors performing a DNE on a patient to detect black fungus (Photo Credits: PTI)
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Only one of the patients had received steroids as part of Covid-19 treatment, said doctors
The second patient, a 68-year-old, experienced mild abdominal pain days after recovering from Covid
Doctors at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi have confirmed the detection of Mucormycosis of the small intestine in at least two patients. According to the Health Ministry, the rare disease also known as Black Fungus has claimed a total of 219 lives across the country to date.