Top virologist rejects theory
treatment ups fungus cases
Mumbai
Maharashtra Medical Education Director Dr Tatyarao Lahane and top virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang differ over whether the mucormycosis or black fungus is related to the variant.
Dr Lahane said that itâs inaccurate to blame Covid treatment for the increase in Mucormycosis cases. Itâs the new Covid mutant that is affecting the beta cells in pancreas, resulting in an increase in blood sugar level.
ââA new variant of the corona is affecting the beta cells in the pancreas. This raises a person s blood sugar level. Therefore, people with diabetes are more likely to develop mucormycosis. This means that the disease is being exacerbated not by the treatment of corona but by the new corona virus. For this, we should try to maintain more cleanliness, said Dr Lahane.
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May 21, 2021 03:38 AM EDT
(Photo : Rebecca Conway/Getty Images) More woes for India as it now suffers a shortage of drugs to treat the Black Fungus, an infection detected among COVID-19 patients.
States in India have a crisis as the drug used to cure an infection increasing detected among patients is now in short supply, and health officials sound more frantic, reported CNN.
Shortage of black fungus drug gets serious
This infection called mucormycosis has been recognized before the pandemic even started. It seemed that the coronavirus triggers the infection, as it has infected not only COVID-19 patients but also those who survived the pandemic. Molds found in wet conditions develop it, impacting the respiratory tract, especially in significantly compromised immune systems.
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From CNN s Richard Greene in Jerusalem and Hande Atay Alam in Izmir, Turkey
A medical worker works at the Rimal Clinic in Gaza on April 28. Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/Getty Images
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The ministry issued the warning in a statement about the effect of Israeli airstrikes on medical facilities in Gaza.