Read: The big 3 factors to prevent Black Fungus

May 21, 2021 13:16

Doctors treat a Black Fungus infected patient in Jabalpur

AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on the Black fungus infection that has caused several hundred deaths in Covid patients.

"There has been an increasing trend in the fungal infection being seen in COVID patients. This was also reported to some extent during SARS outbreak. Uncontrolled diabetes with COVID can also predispose to the development of Mucormycosis.

"Steroid use has become much more in this COVID wave, and steroids given when not indicated in mild or early disease can cause a secondary infection. Those given high dose of steroids when not indicated can lead to high blood sugar levels and a high chance of Mucormycosis.

"There're a lot of false messages going around that it can happen due to eating raw food but there is no data to suggest that. It also has nothing to do with the type of oxygen being used. It is also being reported in people in home isolation.

"We have to see at prevention of this outbreak. Three factors are very important - good control of blood sugar levels, those on steroids must monitor blood sugar levels regularly, and be careful about when to give steroids and their dosage."

What is Mucormycosis or Black Fungus?

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