A black fungus study of 210 patients found that antibiotics were used to treat 100 percent of those Covid-19 patients who were later diagnosed with mucormycosis. Antibiotics – azithromycin, doxycycline, and carbapenems – prescribed to Covid patients in India are known to increase the risk of fungal infections.
The study was conducted by Dr. VP Pandey, director of medicine at the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore, also writes and shows that steroids were only used for treatment in 14 percent of those surveyed.
When assigning the increase in mucormycosis to the Disproportionate use of steroids in Covid treatmentThe Ministry of Health is stepping up antifungal treatment to fight the epidemic.
Mucormycosis, or black fungus, has been a cause for concern and a number of states have declared this an epidemic. Nearly 9,000 confirmed cases of the rare disease have been reported from across the country, mostly in recovered Covid-19 patients.
“78.9 percent of mucormycosis patients were men”
A separate study on black fungus shows that mortality is below Patients with mucormycosis was 30 percent. Dr. Anoop Mishra, co-author of the study, says this is much less than 50-60 percent, as previously reported.
A doctor examining a black fungus patient at a Hyderabad hospital on Saturday (Photo credit: PTI)
“In this article we have compiled data on all cases of mucormycosis in the world starting with the start of the Covid-19 epidemic,” said Dr. Mishra. Of the 101 black fungus cases analyzed for the paper, 82 were from India.
The study also found that 78.9 percent of mucormycosis patients were men. In addition, 59 percent of black fungus cases were reported in hospitalized patients and 41 percent in discharged patients.
Diabetes – black fungus
According to the Dr. VP Pandey’s study, 21 percent of 210 black mushroom patients were not even diabetic.
Diabetes, along with other comorbiditieshas been identified as another common factor in mucormycosis patients.
Doctors treating a black fungus patient at a Jabalpur hospital on Saturday (Photo credit: PTI)
Similarly, Dr. Anoop Mishra and his team published a study that 80 percent of black fungus patients have pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM).
At the same time, only 14.9 percent of the 101 patients had diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at the same time. What’s interesting is that 20 percent of black fungus infected patients weren’t even diabetic, according to the study titled “Mucormycosis In COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Cases Reported Worldwide and in India.”
Excessive steam can lead to black fungus
Data also shows that 10 to 20 percent of the previously reported cases of mucormycosis in India were related to burns. In the right environments, trauma to the skin (or mucous membrane) can trigger an invasive fungal infection.
Former President of the Kochi Chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, says excessive inhalation of steam could be another contributing factor in the increase in black fungus cases.
He explains, “There is a delicate layer of mucus that protects us from bacteria and viruses, and this slimy layer can be destroyed by large amounts of steam.”
“”High temperature steam in large quantities Excessive ingestion can damage the lining and lining of the airways, “Dr. Jayadevan told India Today.
Dr. Jayadevan adds, “Inhaling steam may seem like a harmless process, but there is no scientific basis that could help with Covid-19 other than providing mild symptomatic relief from dry coughs.”
Black mushroom cases increased 2.5 times over the past year
The number of black fungus cases increased 2.5-fold between September and December last year in 16 centers in India.
The article compiled by Professor Marco Falcone of the University of Pisa in Italy states: “The computer-modeling method estimates the prevalence of 14 cases per 1.00,000 people in India.”
A doctor examining a patient for black fungus at a Navi Mumbai hospital on Saturday (Image credit: PTI)
Worldwide is the Prevalence of Mucormycosis varied from 0.005 to 1.7 per million population. At the same time, according to a current estimate, the prevalence in India from 2019 to 2020 is almost 80 times higher (0.14 per 1,000) than in industrialized countries.
Another study published in Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews suggests that the unholy trinity of diabetes, the widespread use of corticosteroids in conjunction with Covid-19 infection, is leading to an increase in cases of black Mushroom appears to have resulted in the country.
The Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews is the official journal of DiabetesIndia and the National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (NDOC).
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