What is Black Fungus and Symptoms of Black Fungus

What is Black Fungus and Symptoms of Black Fungus: One death in West Bengal with this virus.

India is suffering a vast number of Covid-19 cases during the last couple of weeks. There is a lot of oxygen crisis too in the country. Moreover, another new virus named Black Fungus is spreading all over the country. Many people already died from this fungal infection in the last few days.

 In the meantime, the Black Fungus virus reached Kolkata too. One person has already died in Kolkata, which is raising concerns in this extreme situation. The disease has been declared an epidemic in Rajasthan. This time the health department has issued new guidelines to deal with black fungus in West Bengal.

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What is black fungus?

Black Fungus caused by a group of fungi called micromycetes. People are getting this infection after breathing fungal spores found naturally in India’s climate and soil. In Rajasthan, the Black Fungus virus was first reported.

According to the health department’s guidelines, people should wear a mask properly to avoid this infection. And, it would help if you took extra care when going to dusty areas or construction sites.

When working in the garden or on the ground, you should wear shoes, long-sleeved trousers, full-sleeved clothes, gloves.  After that, You have to take a bath by rubbing your body with a scrubber. Use soap. 

But what if you get infected by Black Fungus disease? It would be best if you stopped taking drugs to increase your immunity. Do not take antifungal medications without a doctor’s advice. Monitor by regular CT scan is mandatory along with the nasal endoscopy. If necessary, you should remove the seriously infected area through surgical treatment.

Black Fungus Symptoms:

There are many noticeable health conditions that could be a signal of Black Fungus. The symptoms of Black Fungus are below:

  • Fever
  • Eye-nose pain
  • Headache
  • Discoloration of the skin of the nose
  • Difficulty seeing
  • Chest pain
  • Shortness of breath
  • Cough
  • Hemorrhage disbalance
  • Mental imbalance.

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