Mucormycosis with COVID in India:
#BlackFungus
Many theories on why incidence is high.
Fix what's in your control:
1) Avoid steroids unless there is hypoxia
2) When indicated, use steroids at right dose and right duration.
3) Check & control blood sugars
4) Avoid antibiotics
#BlackFungus
Many theories on why incidence is high.
Fix what's in your control:
1) Avoid steroids unless there is hypoxia
2) When indicated, use steroids at right dose and right duration.
3) Check & control blood sugars
4) Avoid antibiotics
There will be hardly anyone who gets mucor without at least one of these 4 factors.
Sure there may be something else going on in addition because we do have a lot people taking steroids and antibiotics for other reasons, and people who have diabetes who hardly ever get mucor.
Sure there may be something else going on in addition because we do have a lot people taking steroids and antibiotics for other reasons, and people who have diabetes who hardly ever get mucor.
But it will take time to investigate these additional factors and see if they can be fixed.
If someone is urgently in need of oxygen now, you have to give whatever oxygen is available. No choice. But you could control sugars, and use steroids at right dose for right duration.
If someone is urgently in need of oxygen now, you have to give whatever oxygen is available. No choice. But you could control sugars, and use steroids at right dose for right duration.
Bottomline: If the fungus is in the air or in the oxygen or water it's hard to fix quickly. If the fungus is caused by the immunosuppression from the virus itself it's hard to fix. What's fixable are: blood sugars, indiscriminate steroid use, and unnecessary antibiotics.
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