Mrmed

  Earlier this year, In the month of May, as the delta variant of Covid-19 was affecting millions of people in India, a roar of a second epidemic started coming into rounds. It was the sound of the epidemic of Black fungus or Mucormycosis. Thousands of patients recovering from Covid-19 in India were affected by this fungal infection. If left untreated, this infection has a mortality rate of more than 50%. As case numbers began to pick up, the Indian government ordered tighter surveillance of the infection. By late June, 40,845 mucormycosis cases had been reported, most of which affected the nasal passages, brain, and sinuses. The overwhelming majority of patients (85.5%) were recovering from Covid-19 and more than 3,000 had died. So, tight surveillance and overlook were required to curb the situation. Hence, the Indian Council of Medical Research released guidelines for early detection of the infection. Here is a list of do’s and don’ts that one should follow from the prevention o...