Deadly ‘black fungus’ is rotting Covid patients’ organs
Who does it affect?
It can be life-threatening in diabetic or severely immunocompromised individuals, such as patients with cancer or organ donor recipients.Doctors think this may be due to the use of steroid drugs, which are used to treat severely ill Covid patients.Early signs of the infection include a blocked nose, one-sided headache, swelling or numbness, pain in the face, toothache and loosening of teeth.
There are antifungal drugs that can be given, but in most cases “surgical removal of the infected areas is very important and sometimes this surgery is quite extensive”, Prof Denning said.Doctors say prevention is better than cure.
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