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?
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Maharashtra: 2 die of mucormycosis in Thane, 6 hospitalised
Two COVID-19 patients have died due to mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection, in Maharashtra s Thane district, a health official said on
Wednesday. Besides, six other patients are currently undergoing treatment for the disease, also known as black fungus, the official said. A 38-year-old patient from Maharal in Thane rural and another one from Dombivli town died of the fungal infection while undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 care centres in Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) limits, the civic body s health officer Dr. Ashwini Patil said.
Six other patients were undergoing treatment for mucormycosis and two of them were admitted to the ICUs, she said.
Black Fungus cases on rise in Gujarat; state govt sets up separate wards for patients
The Gujarat government has set up separate wards for the treatment of Black Fungus cases in all civil hospitals, especially in Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara
BusinessToday.In | May 9, 2021 | Updated 08:42 IST Black Fungus has been seen as a post-coronavirus complication seen in COVID survivors and has been on the rise in Gujarat, crossing the 100-mark. (File photo for representational purpose)
In the wake of an alarming rise in the number of mucormycosis cases, a fungal infection commonly known as Black Fungus , in Gujarat, the state government has ordered 5,000 Amphotericin-B injections worth Rs 3.12 crore for treatment of patients.
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