People who have become healthy with corona infection are now facing the threat of black fungus. Its cases are increasing rapidly across the country. Some patients have lost their lives due to this disease, while some are losing their eyes. What is this new disease, what is its symptoms and treatment, let us know.
What is black fungus?
This is a kind of rare fungal infection, which spreads very fast in the body. This leads to loss of eyesight. In many cases the patient is also dying. In people whose immunity is weak, this infection is spreading rapidly. Patients recovering from corona need to take special precautions
Black Fungus: Essential Facts
- This fungus spreads very fast in the body. This infection is more vulnerable to those people who had other diseases before corona infection.
- Black fungus especially affects people whose immunity is weak. People with strong immunity are less at risk of the disease.
- Doctors say that cases of this infection are being seen more in hospitalized or cured corona patients.
- Excessive use of steroids increases the risk of black fungus.
Symptoms of black fungus
If you see these symptoms in you, then get treatment immediately.
- Eye or nose pain or redness.
- Fever, headache, cough, difficulty in breathing.
- Watery eyes, closure of the movement of the eyes, blurred vision with pain in the eyes.
- Nasal congestion, swelling on the eyes and cheeks or swelling all over the face.
- Many times the black crust starts settling on the nose.
- vomit blood
- Skin rashes
- According to experts, this infection starts from the nose and goes to the upper jaw and then reaches the brain.
Which people are more threatened
- People whose diabetes is very high.
- People who use more steroids.
- Long stay in ICU
- There is a high risk of people already suffering from many diseases.
What to do to protect
- Experts recommend wearing masks to avoid this.
- If you do any work with field or soil, then wear shoes, long-sleeved shirts, full pants and gloves.
- Take full care of cleanliness.
- Add new oxygen masks in ambulances, hospitals etc.
- Do not reapply masks used by anyone.
- If you have returned healthy from corona, then keep your blood sugar under control.
- Use steroids only on the advice of a doctor.
- If you go to the dusty place, then wear a mask.
Know these things too
- Do not treat all cases of nasal congestion as bacterial infections.
- Do not delay the treatment at all. As soon as possible, seek medical advice.
- Use antibiotics and antifungal medicines on the advice of a doctor.
- More days in the hospital and more steroids mean a greater risk of black fungus.
If mucormycosis disease is detected in time, then treatment is possible. One of the symptoms of this is to identify the symptoms as soon as possible and contact the doctor. People fighting COVID should especially pay attention to its symptoms. If some doctors believe that once the infection reaches the brain, then no treatment is effective.