- Affects ear, nose, throat, mouth
- It's not contagious & used to be a rare disease
- It's an aggressive, invasive fungal infection caused by mucormycetes
- Black fungus carries a high mortality rate, but if detected early it can be treated.
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"Black Fungus Symptoms"
- Black crusts around the nose
- Headaches and swelling in and around the forehead
- Swelling in the cheeks, eyes or parts of the face
- Vision loss/ partial blindness
- Pulmonary infections
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"Who faces highest risk?"
- Patients with comorbidities, or COVID patients battling severe diabetes.
- COVID patients who are put on prolonged O2 support. Reason- unhygienic & dirty way of delivering O2 to patients.
- Indiscriminate use of steroids in the treatment of COVID
Leftist media amplified the narrative: Kumbh and Election.
They conveniently ignored that health is a state subject. They don't tell you the fact that few state govts failed to uphold their constitutional responsibility of public health management.