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Health officials yesterday said black fungus infection is not rare and it has treatment, but there is widespread misconception about it. Black fungus has been in the environment since ancient times and there is no reason to panic about it. "The way the media portrayed black fungus is not fully correct. This fungal infection has always been a threat to those with a compromised
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One of the viral post suggests black layer on onions is the fungus that causes mucormycosis
Wouldn t you be fidgety if you re told the fungus causing the much dreaded mucormycosis is present in the items at your house? What if you re told the black fungus is in the vegetables you eat and in the refrigerator where you store your food? Scary, isn t it?
Well, such a claim is circulating on social media at a time India is witnessing an alarming rise in mucormycosis cases.
Part of one such long Facebook post in Hindi translates to, Beware of domestic black fungus. At times when you purchase onions, you must have noticed a black layer on them. Actually, this is the black fungus. The black film seen on the rubber inside refrigerators is the black fungus that causes mucormycosis. If ignored, this black fungus can easily enter your body through food items stored inside the refrigerator.
A patient suspected to have mucormycosis, also known as the black fungus, has died in the capital s Birdem Hospital, doctors said yesterday, hinting that it could be the first death in the country caused by the rare fungal infection.
It comes after doctors at the same hospital said they had detected two other patients with black fungus. All three had recovered from Covid-19.
Alarmed by the development, the government yesterday instructed all hospitals and clinics across the country to report any suspected case of mucormycosis immediately. We have already instructed all hospitals and clinics to report any suspected black fungus case to the communicable diseases division, Nazmul Islam, director (disease control) at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told The Daily Star yesterday.