Black Fungus | White Fungus | Yellow Fungus | Symptoms & Treatment | Sohail Khan

 Hello, friends!

The Coronavirus crisis has not yet ended in the country

and now cases of dangerous diseases like Black Fungus and White Fungus are in the news.

And by dangerous I mean truly dangerous diseases.

If you catch Covid-19,

there is around a 90% chance that your life will be spared.

You'll come out of it alive.

But if you get infected with Black Fungus

there is only a 50% chance of survival.

Its death rate is around 50%.

What is this Black Fungus disease?

How does start? How can it be prevented?

Come let's find out in today's article.

The formal name of the Black Fungus disease is Mucormycosis.

It is an infection of the Mucorales fungal family.

Those fungi belonging to the Mucorales family.

And fungi of this order are found almost everywhere.

In soil, in the environment,

in the decaying fruits and vegetables, in normal fruits and vegetables,

They are very common.This disease comes under the category of Opportunistic Infections, friends.

These infections do not cause trouble in normal conditions

but whenever these viruses, bacteria, and fungi get the opportunity

they attack and infect people.

When do they get the opportunity?

When the immune system of the person is weak.

This Mucorales fungus,

is normally found in a lot of places in our environment

and if it gets inside the body of a fit and healthy person

then there will be no problem at all.

They wouldn't even know that they have this fungus in their body.

But if the immune system of the person is compromised,

if the immune system is weak,

and there can be many reasons for the weakening of the immune system,

then the person can get infected.

So what are the reasons for a weak immune system?

If you have any other disease, like cancer

and you're getting chemotherapy treatment

it weakens your immune system.

If you have diabetes.

Or if you're getting the treatment for Covid-19

or you're using steroids for a long period.

Or you're overusing steroids.

That can lead to a weak immune system as well.

Taking advantage of this, the fungus can get inside your body and get you infected.

And there can be several ways of getting inside your body.

One, through the air.

When you breathe, there are numerous spores of this fungus in the air.

They can enter your lungs and infect you.

Two, through food.

If the food is spoiled or has decaying fungus on it.

It can reach your stomach and cause an infection.

Another way is through wounds.

If the spores contaminate your wound.

But the most common way is through the air.

They infect your lungs when you breathe them in.

The area of the nose and the sinus,

are the most common areas where the mucormycosis infection happens.

And when the blood flow is restricted here

the skin gets discolored, often into a black color.

This is why it is called Black Fungus.

It isn't that the fungus is black-colored.

Instead, it is the symptom

this area starts looking black

is the reason why it is known as Black Fungus.

From here the infection can spread to the eyes and brain as well.

It can cause blindness, headaches, and seizures as well.

If you do get infected, the symptoms that you might come across

depend on the area of the body where the fungus is growing.

If we talk about the area of the sinus

then you may get toothaches, blurry visions, headaches, nasal congestions

black lesions may form here and you may also get a fever.

If this infection started spreading from your lungs

then you may get a fever, cough, chest pains, bloody vomit or cough,

or shortness of breath.

If your skin is infected,

if any wound gets infected

then the area around the wound will start turning black.

If it starts from your stomach,

which is known as gastrointestinal mucormycosis

then you'll get abdominal pains, nausea, vomiting.

But as I told you, the most common is getting infected while breathing.

So the first category of symptoms that I told you about

you need to concentrate on them primarily.

The symptoms are very general.

A biopsy is required to diagnose them.

And if there is an infection in the lungs

x-rays and CT scans are needed.

This is a very dangerous disease for anyone catching it.

The death rate is very high, as I told you already.

The mortality rate is 50%

but if it gets very severe, then the death rate may reach 90%.

But the good news is that this disease is very rare.

The immunocompromised people

those who do not have a good immunity

even they rarely get the disease.

And if you are a fit and healthy person

if your immune system is good,

then you do not have to worry at all.

As a treatment, anti-fungal medicines are given to the patients.

but currently, in our country, there is a shortage of anti-fungal medicines too.

Because this disease is spreading so fast throughout the country,

in states like Rajasthan and Telangana,

Black Fungus has already been declared an epidemic.

And there have been notifications from the Central Government as well

All the States have been warned about this disease.

The second method of treatment is through surgery.

The infected tissue is removed from the body.

Often, in several patients, it meant that their entire jaw had to be removed.

After Black Fungus there are now news reports of White Fungus.

And after White Fungus, just the other day I heard news reports on Yellow Fungus.

What about them?

Are White Fungus and Yellow Fungus new diseases that are cropping up?There is a very famous proverb, friends.

"Prevention is better than Cure."

And this proverb is very valid for these cases.

Try your best to prevent these diseases.

To do this, keep your environmental conditions hygienic.

Maintain cleanliness around you.

Especially if there are people around you whose immune systems may already be compromised.

Think about the environmental conditions where fungus generally spread.

When humidity is high.

When the moisture content in the air is high.

And the temperature is higher than the room temperature.

Doesn't it happen when you keep the food outside the fridge fungus starts growing on it?

Similar environmental conditions should be avoided

if there are immunocompromised people around.

Additionally, do not use steroids without the prescription of a doctor.