Black Fungus and Jaw Bone Damage in Post-Covid Patients During the Covid-19 pandemic, mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, emerged as a serious complication among recovering patients, particularly those with diabetes. Medical experts observed that the infection affected different parts of the body depending on the patient’s blood sugar levels. Patients with extremely high and […]

The number of black fungus or mucormycosis cases in both active and recovered Covid patients has been alarming. In fact, in May this year, the centre asked states to notify black fungus as an epidemic. Meanwhile, some recovered patients diagnosed with black fungus have opted for leech therapy, an Ayurvedic treatment, after trying conventional methods for cure. […]

A day after the Haryana government classified black fungus (mucormycosis) as a notified disease and directed all districts to share data, it received a list of 70 confirmed cases by Sunday evening. Forty of these patients are admitted in hospitals in Gurugram.