Black Fungus spreads rapidly in India: Here’s how to protect children
Web Report/Mumbai Filed on July 1, 2021 | Last updated on July 1, 2021 at 08.02 am
The Covid virus is mutating and weakening the immune system causing infections and risk of black, white and yellow fungus, say doctors.
Black fungus infection, or mucormycosis, a rare kind of fungal infection, is unfortunately infecting a growing number of children below 18 in India, leading to several complications.
The Covid virus is mutating and weakening the immune system causing infections and risk of black, white and yellow fungus, say doctors.
Dr Jesal Sheth, senior consultant-paediatrician at Fortis Hospital, Mumbai, told a newspaper that mucormycosis has been seen in severe Covid patients. “The disease is often characterised by hyphae growing in and around blood vessels and can be potentially life-threatening in diabetic or severely immunocompromised individuals,” he said.
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