Published on July 3, 2021 Part of Mindemic series AHMEDABAD: A newly-wed 28-year-old bride was distraught within months of her marriage solemnized in the Covid-19 pandemic. Her husband contracted the infection days after the wedding and ended up with his eyes and jaw removed to save his life from a severe attack of mucormycosis post-Covid. … Continue reading Gujarat: Mucormycosis distortion scares newly-wed
Mucormycosis: Active cases at Civil Hospital now 50% of May peak
Published on June 23, 2021 AHMEDABAD: On Tuesday afternoon, the Civil Hospital had 220 active patients of mucormycosis. The cases have got halved from its peak of about 450 active cases in the last week of May. Dr J P Modi, medical superintendent of Civil Hospital, said that with drop in Covid-19 cases in the … Continue reading Mucormycosis: Active cases at Civil Hospital now 50% of May peak
Gujarat, Maharashtra shared 43% ROCM-black fungus burden: Study
Published on June 23, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Gujarat and Maharashtra – the two states reporting the highest cases of mucormycosis (MM) after the second wave of Covid-19 – also reported the highest cases of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM), claimed a national study encompassing 2,826 patients from 22 states and Union territories. The findings suggested 22% of India’s … Continue reading Gujarat, Maharashtra shared 43% ROCM-black fungus burden: Study
Eye-nose infection in 45% of mucormycosis deaths: Study
Published on June 6, 2021 AHMEDABAD: In one of the first comprehensive studies of mucormycosis prevalence and mortality in India, a study across 16 centres of India including Ahmedabad and Surat from September to December 2020 revealed that in 45% deaths, the fungal infection was found across eye and nose cavities. The study titled ‘Multicentre … Continue reading Eye-nose infection in 45% of mucormycosis deaths: Study
Mucormycosis recorded 46% mortality in post-Diwali surge: Study
Published on June 6, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Just how fatal can be dreaded mucormycosis, the black fungus, whose outbreak has taken the country by storm in the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic? A study carried out across 16 centres in India, including four hospitals of Gujarat, during the Diwali surge between September and December 2020 recorded … Continue reading Mucormycosis recorded 46% mortality in post-Diwali surge: Study
Covid, mucormycosis & now drug-induced kidney injury in Ahmedabad
Published on June 4, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Mehsana resident Niyaz Abdul, 30, has had one of the roughest one-and a-half months health-wise. He survived a critical Covid-19 attack only to fall prey to mucormycosis. With severe scarcity of liposomal Amphotericin B, the drug of choice for treating black fungus, the tractor dealer was given lyophilised Amphotericin … Continue reading Covid, mucormycosis & now drug-induced kidney injury in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: At Civil Hospital, mucormycosis patients outnumber those with corona
Published on June 2, 2021 AHMEDABAD: As on Tuesday afternoon, Civil Hospital had 279 patients admitted for treatment of Covid-19. Against this figure, the number of mucormycosis patients was 385 — or 38% more!It’s a role reversal for the two diseases in a matter of 20 days. In the second week of May, the hospital … Continue reading Ahmedabad: At Civil Hospital, mucormycosis patients outnumber those with corona
Ahmedabad: Vision caught in the eye of the mucormycosis storm
Published on May 26, 2021 AHMEDABAD/ VADODARA: Rehana Bano Shaikh, 39, a resident of Khanpur in Ahmedabad, survived a severe Covid infection in April which included a 14-daylong hospital stay where she was put on an assistive breathing and steroid therapy. “In the second week of May, my right cheek started swelling. My face muscles … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Vision caught in the eye of the mucormycosis storm
In black and white: Immunity is the key for Mucormycosis
Published on May 23, 2021 AHMEDABAD: After the dreaded mucormycosis, several patients in the city and state also recorded prevalence of aspergillosis in some patients – caused by the Aspergillus fungus. To differentiate it from the ‘black fungus,’ it’s named ‘white fungus’ but the experts said that such classification could be misguiding. Moreover, it’s more … Continue reading In black and white: Immunity is the key for Mucormycosis
Ahmedabad: Red tape ties up medicines, free run for black fungus
Published on May 22, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Anxiety kept Sandip Mehta hooked to the phone through Friday on the Civil Hospital campus. “My 68-year-old mother is admitted with a severe infection of mucormycosis. Her palate has been destroyed,” said a distraught Mehta, a Bhavnagar resident. “She has started losing her vision and the fungus is now … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Red tape ties up medicines, free run for black fungus
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