Black fungus , How it started and how to cure it .
All you need to know about this is that black fungus spreading increasingly in India majorly and several other countries also.
What is black fungus ?
Black fungus is a complication caused by a Fungal infection . It is also taking steps to
Address shortage of Amphotericin B the drug required to treat the disease .
How does someone catches black fungus ?
Primarily, fungal spore floating in the environment give people this infection. One may also catch it when the fungus "enters the skin through a cut, burn, or other types of skin trauma."
On coming in touch, the fungus can stick to a body part, and after a point travel inward through the nose, sinus or lungs
If the fungus goes in through a cut or a burn, it can cause local infections. But if it goes in through the sinus, it can affect the eyes and eventually, the brain, leading to a fatal situation.
Some doctors think that black fungus took root when medicines were administered to at-home Covid patients without bringing their blood sugar levels under control. Some others say that it swamped immuno-suppressed systems owing to unclean, unhygienic post-Covid living conditions of patients.
According to AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria, doctors under pressure and patients in panic are making the situation worse. "There’s sometimes a knee-jerk reaction among physicians, who choose aggressive medical treatments instead of being conservative," he said.
Black Fungus Symptoms
- Facial Deformity
- Headache
- Facial pain
- Nasal congestion
- Loss of vision or pain in eyes
- Altered mental state, confusion
- Swelling in cheeks and eyes
- Toothache, loosening of teeth
- Black crusts in the nose
Mucormycois
Mucormycosis cases are also rising because of overuse of cheap steroids — seen in cases where there is a need to bring exaggerated inflammatory response to Covid under control. Steroids supress immune response, which can increase vulnerability to secondary infections like black fungus.
Use of ordinary tap water in flow meters of oxygen cylinders is also being blamed for such fungal infections. Cases may be triggered by "mold-tainted oxygen pipes and humidifiers".
What are the symptoms of mucormycosis?
Some early signs of the condition include "sinus pain or nasal blockage on one side of the face, one-sided headache, swelling or numbness, toothache and loosening of teeth," says the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
According to reports from various top hospitals across India, patients are reporting "blurred vision, discoloration or blackening of tissue on nose and cheeks and black lesions inside the mouth or discharge from nose."
Who kind of people are more at risk?
According to medical science, diabetes patients are majorly vulnerable to fungal infections such as mucormycosis. So are immuno-suppressed people who have been recently cured of Covid.
Particular care is required for Covid patients who are also diabetic. ICMR says that controlling diabetes is among the best preventive measures for this disease.
The disease is being majorly seen in people who have recovered from Covid, or are recovering, the Union Health ministry said.
Without treatment, it can lead to lethal bloodstream infection.
How are black fungus cases treated?
After infecting a person, the fungus doesn't remain static but spreads through the nose, attacks the eyes, and eventually reaches the brain, at which point it becomes potentially deadly. This necessitates multi-discipline expertise to treat it.
In a majority of cases, especially if undetected for long, a number of different parts end up getting affected by mucormycosis. So it calls for a combined team of microbiologists, internal medicine specialists, intensivist neurologists, ENT specialists, ophthalmologists, dentists, surgeons, etc.
As part of life-saving procedures, all infected tissues have to be surgically removed. Some patients end up losing the eye/s and, in some cases, the upper jaw.
Patients might need an intravenous anti-fungal procedure spanning four to six weeks.
How risky is this condition?
The fatality rate in mucormycosis cases is very high.
As per data available thus far, mortality is as high as 80% if a patient goes untreated, or remains untreated long. If treated, it is still 40-50%. In cases where the infection is caught at the the sinus stage itself, patients mostly completely recover.
Besides, according to doctors, drugs used for treating this condition come with strong side-effects. That can, in some cases, lead to "kidney issues, neurological dysfunction and stroke".
People should take care of this as in india in several states it has already been declared as an epidemic.
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White fungus
How to cure it ? How to prevent from this disease
Children having more risk from this white or snow fungus as children have low immune power and it is easy for virus to enter in these childrens body .
Doctors said that white fungus also infect the lungs and an infection similar to COVID-19 is detected when HRCT is performed on the infected patient.
According to Chief of Microbiology at Patna Medical College Patna (PMCH), Dr SN Singh, all four persons infected by white fungus showed coronavirus-type symptoms but they were not COVID-19 positive. Singh added that but their lungs were found infected and after tests when they were given anti-fungal medicines then they recovered.
Dr Singh noted that just like black fungus, the white fungus is also more dangerous for those who have weak immunity. Diabetes patients and those who are taking steroids for a long period of time are more at risk of getting infected with white fungus.
White Fungus Symptoms
Cough
Fever
Diarrhea
How white fungus spreads in the body?
According to AIIMS professor Dr. Kaushal Verma, the white fungus begins from the tongue or private parts due to which, it makes the tongue white. It then spreads to other organs along with lungs, brains, food pipes.
How to avoid black and white fungus infection?
According to Dr. Pankaj Aggarwal, the first one has to avoid getting Covid infection. Therefore it is important to strengthen the immunity. Do not overuse steroids during covid treatment. Steroids should be given only when the oxygen levels go down and pneumonia occurs. When the condition is stable, reduce the number of steroids, so that there is no problem of blood sugar fluctuation. White and black fungus infections can be avoided in these ways.
So please be safe from these fungus and covid -19
don't go out of your house, so that we can enjoy our life after this phase .
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Yellow fungus
It si currently not spread in all over country but it's cases are increasing in the world
Yellow fungus symptoms are mild.
And it's dangerous.