BLACK FUNGUS | MUCORMYCOSIS | Explained Dr.Ashutosh Bhardwaj
Channel: Ashutoshbhardwaja
Date: 15/05/2021

#BLACKFUNGUS #MUCORMYCOSIS #fungalInfection

There are news circulating about Black fungus | Mucormycosis
I bring this video to give DIsease Information about this Infection that is developing disease during this Pandemic.

In some states this infection is rapidly developing so you have to Understand this disease infection what it is.

SO IN THIS VIDEO I WILL EXPLAIN THIS INFECTION.
# What is mucormysocisis
# Types of mucormycosis
# What is the symptoms
# How it spread
# Who can get it,Is it contagious
# Prevention

Mucormycosis (sometimes called zygomycosis) is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes.  These fungi live throughout the environment, particularly in soil and in decaying organic matter, such as leaves, compost piles, or rotten wood.

How to Suspect

Sinusitis – nasal blockade or congestion, 
nasal discharge (blackish/bloody),
 local pain on the cheek bone One sided facial pain, 
Numbness or swelling
 Blackish discoloration over bridge of nose/palate 
Toothache, loosening of teeth, jaw involvement
 Blurred or double vision with pain; fever, skin lesion; thrombosis & necrosis (eschar)
 Chest pain, pleural effusion, haemoptysis, worsening of respiratory symptoms

DO'S
Control hyperglycemia
 Monitor blood glucose level post COVID-19 discharge and also in diabetics 
Use steroid judiciously – correct timing, correct dose and duration
 Use clean, sterile water for humidifiers during oxygen therapy
 Use antibiotics/antifungals judiciously

DON'T
Do not miss warning signs and symptoms 
Do not consider all the cases with blocked nose as cases of bacterial sinusitis, particularly in the context of immunosuppression and/or COVID-19 patients on immunomodulators
 Do not hesitate to seek aggressive investigations, as appropriate (KOH staining & microscopy, culture, MALDI- TOF), for detecting fungal etiology
 Do not lose crucial time to initiate treatment for mucormycosis

SOURCES:
https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/covid/techdoc/Mucormycosis_ADVISORY_FROM_ICMR_In_COVID19_time.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/mucormycosis/index.html#:~:text=Mucormycosis%20mainly%20affects%20people%20who,other%20type%20of%20skin%20injury.

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