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Black fungus infections robbing India s COVID-19 survivors of sight

Black fungus infections robbing India s COVID-19 survivors of sight
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Thousands of Covid patients eyes removed amid deadly black fungus outbreak

Thousands of Covid patients eyes removed amid deadly black fungus outbreak
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What is Mucormycosis?

Cases of a rare and difficult to treat “black fungus” are rising in COVID-19 patients in India due to the increased use of steroids like dexamethasone.

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I told her either it s your eyes or your life : Doctors share the black fungus nightmare facing India s Covid-19 patients, World News

May 13, 2021 Khurshida Bano. South China Morning Post On being told, on a recent sultry morning in Mumbai, that both her eyes would need to be removed, Neelam Bakshi, 47, could not cry. Her eyes were too stiff, dry, and swollen from the ‘black fungus’, mucormycosis. “It took a while for my words to sink in. Then she said simply ‘I won’t see my children again’ and went quiet,” said Dr Renuka Bradoo, the specialist treating Bakshi. The deadly and often disfiguring disease is usually exceedingly rare. But as a second wave of coronavirus infections sweep India, Maharashtra – the state worst affected by Covid-19 – must now cope with an explosion of mucormycosis cases too.

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Covid-19: A potentially deadly black fungus infection seen in patients in India

How common is it? The condition is very rare – around 500 cases a year were estimated to occur in the US prior to the Covid pandemic, indicates the CDC. Approximately 113 cases occur annually in South Africa, according to a 2019 report published in the Who does it mainly affect? The condition commonly affects people with underlying medical conditions, including those with diabetes, as well as those taking medications that suppress the body s immunity. Cases in India Although mucormycosis is seen throughout the world, an increasing number of Covid patients in India appear to be contracting the infection, According to The Times, citing local news reports, in the western state of Maharashtra (capital Mumbai), 200 Covid patients who had recovered from the disease were being treated for mucormycosis.

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