BLACK FUNGUS :UPSC Daily Important Topic | 20 October 2021

BLACK FUNGUS

Topic: Health Related Issues

BACKGROUND
  • It is a disease being detected relatively frequently among Covid-19 patients in some states.
ABOUT
  • It is a rare but serious fungal infection.
  • The disease often manifests in the skin and also affect the lungs and the brain.
  • Caused by a group of moulds known as mucoromycetes present naturally in the environment.
VULNERABILITY

It mainly affects people who are on medication for health problems that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens.

SYMPTOMS
  • Sinuses or lungs of such individuals get affected after they inhale fungal spores from the air.
  • Warning sings include pain and redness around the eye or nose, with fever, headache, coughing, shortness of breath, bloody vomits, and altered mental status.
TREATMENT
  • Treated with antifungals.
  • It may eventually require surgery.
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