Self medication & procedures like steaming have played a big role in increasing numbers of patients getting infected with fungal infections.
Indiscriminate antibiotic use has killed the normal flora allowing opportunistic infections like fungi to grow
The normal flora has also been destroyed by the indiscriminate steaming which patients & people have done, thinking that will kill the virus.
People have taken zinc supplements indiscriminately & this has allowed fungus to grow as zinc is prerequisite for its growth.
Normally body when infected with fungi sequestrates zinc away from fungus & the monocytes which attack fungus are devoid of zinc. But with plenty of intake of zinc supplements, high blood & tissue levels it is difficult to achieve zero zinc zone around fungi by our immune system
We have come across 2 reports till now of patients who are young healthy non diabetics with no history of intake of steroids getting black fungus or Mucormycosis.
It is clear now that multiple factors are responsible for the epidemic of black fungus & it needs to be addressed.
Advisory
1) Stop medical supplements stick to diet rich foods
2) Stop using doxycycline or Ivermectin or other antibiotics & drugs because some well-wisher sent it to you on Whatsapp.
3) Stop steaming, nasopharyngeal flora needs to be maintained to stop opportunistic infection
4) In case of problems visit your doctor & take his advise.
A country like US which spends 10% of GDP on healthcare could not manage the pandemic
Whereas NZ & Australia did a good job. It helped that they are islands & put in strict SOPs to quarantine people who tested +ve, also allowed in only after testing
Non pharmacological measures for prevention worked better than trying to find cure & vaccination. It is nightmare to manage a otherwise healthy adult struggling to breathe in ICU
60K ventilators of GOI could not save as much as what N95 mask could do but we never implemented it
How many ICU beds can a country add in a day?
How many Hotels can be converted to Covid Care Centers in a week?
Can India beat US in Healthcare Spending?
Did US win against Covid having spent so much?
We know the answers to above yet we do the same expecting different results
Guidelines to prevent Mucormycosis in Covid recovery
1) Never enter damp spaces, especially if walls already has mold or mold like growth
2) If median Sr ferritin values were high during hospital stay, you are high risk as immune dysregulation is high, wear N95 mask all times
3) Cover your face with a shield & close your nose & mouth with N95 mask if you are out in the open especially dusty areas. Since dust is ubiquitous in India never come out without protection
4) Ask your doctor if you need any prophylaxis, chances are that you will not need it
5) The key to safety is "Mask", since fungal spores can be indoors, it is better to ask your doctor how long it is necessary for you to wear mask indoors too. Normally we at ACE HealthCare advise N95 mask for all patients getting discharged for 4 to 6 weeks indoors (too).
Ours is a high value home loan by any normal Indian standards. @syndicatebank treated it like one when we were given the home construction loan through their Syndnivas scheme.
It was sanctioned in 2015 at 10.5% floating rate of interest. In time @RBI reduced interest rates
By the time we actually used the loan rates had come down to 9.5%, so far so good. However, once the money was availed surprisingly the rate got fixed & never came down!
On our part we shifted out of TN to Bangalore in mid 2017 & requested the bank to shift our loan to Bluru too
Dear friends, I have been mining to find studies which are relevant to us.
CDC has recently published one such study of 150000 subjects who suffered from #Covid
Obesity as expected is "the biggest Risk factor"
Also those patients who had very low unhealthy BMI suffered more.
BMI 23 - 25 has least morbidity & mortality
BMI 30 - 35 hospitalisation increases to 7%, ICU admissions of less than 1%
BMI > 35 associated with increased hospitalisation, ICU admissions & increased mortality.
BMI of 45+ is associated with very high ICU admissions & mortality
Also on the other hand those with BMI less than 18 had increased hospitalisation, ICU admissions & mortality.
I am certain many of us who were treating Covid patients had understood this by now. This study just shows that obesity is a big risk along with unhealthy low BMI.
Met a young guy yesterday, he had hitchhiked & trekked his way back to work from Chhattisgarh.
Came to see me b'coz he had fever & was terribly scared that I will get Corona test done on him. He was worried that his employer will throw him out of job
If you care : mask up now !
There are a lot of people who have survived the virus but are not able to survive the loss of income.
They cannot afford to lose even one day's wages. It is what keeps them "alive". They need to feed their families & it is our responsibility to ensure they are not starved.
They are not asking for charity from you or the Govt.
The money you gave to PM fund did not reach these poor people. The Govt schemes & freebies were looted by middle men. It has happened before & it will happen again.
They are only asking only for their jobs back nothing else