Deadly ‘Black Fungus’ is ravaging COVID patients in India
As India’s second wave of Covid-19 declines, there is increasing concern about a surge of a deadly Covid-related infection that spreads on dead flesh.
According to the details, an epidemic of mucormycosis, also known as ‘black fungus’ has surged in India in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 taking thousands of lives. Symptoms of black fungus include facial swelling, headache and nasal congestion.
However, the symptoms include cough, fever, and shortness of breath if the lungs are infected.
According to Indian media reports, yesterday, three children affected by black fungus had to go through surgery to remove an eye each in Mumbai.
“We saw two girls infected with Black Fungus in the second wave (of Covid). Both were diabetic. After she came to us (the 14 years old), one of her eyes turned black within 48 hours. The fungus was spreading to the nose too. Luckily, it did not reach the brain. We treated her for six weeks; unfortunately, she lost her eye,” said Dr Jesal Sheth, Senior Consultant Pediatrician at Fortis Hospital.
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“The 16-year-old child was healthy a month ago. She had recovered from Covid. She was not diabetic. But she came to us with diabetes suddenly. Her intestines started bleeding. We did an angiography and found that Black Fungus had infected blood vessels near her stomach,” Dr Sheth said.
By the start of June, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the country had more than 28,000 cases of the fungal infection. “From 28 states, we have some 28,252 cases of mucormycosis till now. Out of this, 86 percent, or 24,370 cases, have a history of COVID-19 and 62.3 percent, or 17,601, have a history of diabetes,” Vardhan said in a meeting with a group of federal ministers.
“The highest number of cases – 6,329 – have been recorded in Maharashtra, followed by Gujarat with 5,486, and then Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Delhi, and Andhra Pradesh,” he said.
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According to Dr Prithesh Shetty, “black fungus was spreading in their eyes and if we had not removed the eyes, their life would have been in danger.”
“They were already blind in one eye and it was hurting them badly. One child came to us in December last year. The second case came during the second wave,” said Dr Shetty, Oculoplasty, Ocular Oncology and Ocular Prosthetic at the hospital.
Black Fungus infection needs to be caught early as it is aggressive and in some cases surgeons have had to remove patients’ nose, eyes or even their jaw to stop it getting to the brain.
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