Patients receiving chemotherapy and those with advanced stage cancer are also at risk for mucormycosis or black fungus infection.
For many patients, especially people with diabetes, recovering from COVID-19, mucormycosis has turned out to be more dangerous than the viral infection.
Black fungus can affect multiples organs of the body including the brain. A Stroke Neurologist explains how mucormycosis infection spreads to the brain and the symptoms associated with it.
Doctors from PGIMER, Chandigarh, share some observations after completion of a study on increasing incidences of black fungus in COVID-19 patients in India.
Patients receiving chemotherapy and those with advanced stage cancer are also at risk for mucormycosis or black fungus infection.
For many patients, especially people with diabetes, recovering from COVID-19, mucormycosis has turned out to be more dangerous than the viral infection.
Black fungus can affect multiples organs of the body including the brain. A Stroke Neurologist explains how mucormycosis infection spreads to the brain and the symptoms associated with it.
Doctors from PGIMER, Chandigarh, share some observations after completion of a study on increasing incidences of black fungus in COVID-19 patients in India.
