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Indian doctors raised the alarm over a surge in cases of an extremely rare but deadly fungal infection affecting recovered Covid-19 patients.
The mortality rate of those infected is estimated to be more than 50 per cent.
At least 41 cases of what doctors are calling Covid-19-triggered mucormycosis were detected in Delhi and the western city of Ahmedabad, about 20 of them in December, hospital authorities say.
There is growing concern over the use of cortisol steroids, commonly
used around the world for Covid-19 patients to suppress the immune system.
We are witnessing a roughly five-fold spike due to the pandemic
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Highlights
The infection is caused after coronavirus infection.
It causes loss of eyesight, removal of the nose, jaw-bone or even death if not treated properly.
Doctors at New Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have identified new cases of fungal infection caused after coronavirus infection which causes loss of eyesight, removal of the nose, jaw-bone or even death if not treated properly.
What causes Black Fungus?
Black Fungus is caused by moulds called mucormycetes. These moulds exist in the environment. “The frequency with which we are witnessing the occurrence of Covid triggered mucormycosis with high morbidity and mortality is alarming. Early clinical suspicion on symptoms such as nose obstruction, swelling in the eye or cheeks, and black dry crusts in the nose should immediately prompt a biopsy and start of the antifungal therapy as early as possible,” Indian Express quoted Dr Manish Munjal, the Senior ENT surgeon at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
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Times of India reports, “In the last 15 days, we have seen 13 cases of COVID-19-triggered mucormycosis. Five have died. At least three patients have suffered vision and have had to undergo removal of the nose and jaw bone to prevent the spread of infection, Dr Manish Munjal, senior ENT surgeon, said. “Usually, we see one to two cases of mucormycosis in a month,” he added.
In one case, a 32-year-old who had recovered from COVID-19 experienced a nagging left side nose obstruction, which rapidly became an eye swelling within two days, after which he reached out to the doctors. The left side of his face had become completely numb and he was brought to the hospital emergency in a partially disoriented and obtunded state, according to a Indian Express report.