Black Fungus Facts: Mucormycosis Cases Spike In Several States, Rajasthan Declares Infection As Epidemic

This came as Rajasthan currently has around 100 black fungus patients and the state government has made a separate ward for their treatment at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital.

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Jaipur: With cases of mucormycosis or black fungus increasing at a rapid pace in several states amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rajasthan Government has issued a notification declaring black fungus as an epidemic in the state.

This came as Rajasthan currently has around 100 black fungus patients and the state government has made a separate ward for their treatment at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital.

Below are ten significant facts about this infection:

1. Caused by a group of moulds known as murcomycetes present naturally in the environment, black fungus spreads through the nose and affects other parts of the body such as the eyes.
2. Mucormycosis or black fungus infection isprimarily affecting the people recovering from Covid.
3. The fungal infection mainly affecting the people with medical health problems that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens.
4. Diabetics are said to be more vulnerable to the infection.
5. The patients with immunocompromised systems are at higher risk of contracting this infection.
6. Those who have undergone a transplant, are on immunosuppressants too are at higher risk of contracting the black fungus.
7. The patients, who have been on a ventilator for a long time, are also at higher risk of contracting this infection.
8. The people having comorbidities, variconazole therapy will be prone to the fungal infection.
9. The misuse of steroids is a major cause behind this infection.
10. This disease can affect the face, infecting nose, orbit of eye or brain, which can cause even vision loss. It can also spread to the lung.

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