Can use of steroids lead to black fungus? How should it be treated?
Can the use of steroids lead to black fungus? How should it be treated? India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai raised these questions on his show News Today at 9.
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UPDATED: May 15, 2021 01:24 IST
India has reported several cases of mucormycosis or black fungus among Covid-19 recovered and recovering patients (Picture: Reuters/Representative)
What’s black fungus? Can the use of steroids lead to black fungus? What are the symptoms? How should it be treated?
DR. HEMANT THACKER, CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN & CARDIOMETABOLIC SPECIALIST, BREACH CANDY, JASLOK, BHATIA AND RELIANCE HOSPITALS, MUMBAI:
Black Fungus cases rising in Gujarat, govt sets up separate wards
Black Fungus cases rising in Gujarat, govt sets up separate wards
The number of cases of Black Fungus or mucormycosis is rising in Gujarat. The state government has set up separate wards in civil hospitals for these patients and ordered 5,000 Amphotericin-B injections to treat them.
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UPDATED: May 9, 2021 01:08 IST
The Gujarat government has set up separate wards for mucormycosis cases in all civil hospitals in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar. (File photo for representational purpose)
Taking note of the rising number of cases of mucormycosis, a fungal infection commonly known as Black Fungus , the Gujarat government has ordered 5,000 Amphotericin-B injections worth Rs 3.12 crore for treating the patients.