Mucormycosis or Black Fungus is a fungal infection that mainly affects people who are on medication for other health problems that reduce their ability to fight environmental pathogens. When fungal spores are inhaled from the air is inhaled sinuses or lungs of such individuals get affected leading to some warning signs and symptoms like fever, pain with redness around eyes and nose, headache, coughing, shortness of breath, bloody vomits, altered mental status. It's not that everyone is vulnerable to catch this infection some predisposing factors increase the risk: Uncontrolled Diabetes, Immunosuppressive drugs like steroids, prolonged ICU stay, organ transplants, malignancy, voriconazole therapy.
In patients suffering from COVID-19, diabetes, or Immunosuppressed individuals there are some typical signs and symptoms: Sinusitis, nasal discharge, local pain on the cheekbone, one-sided facial pain with numbness or swelling, blackish discoloration over nose or palate, toothache with loosening of teeth, blurred or double vision with pain, chest pain, pleural effusion and worsening of respiratory symptoms.
Our professional team at the World Of Dentistry Gurgaon has come up with some tips to prevent fungal infection which will be helpful for you all in these pandemic times:
1)Use double masks if you are visiting dusty construction sites
2)Wear shoes, long trousers, long sleeve shirts, and gloves while handling soil
3) Maintain very good personal hygiene including a thorough scrub bath.
4)If you or you're known is on oxygen therapy then it's mandatory to use clean, sterile water for humidifiers
5) Change your masks every day or wash them daily and dry them in pure sunlight because once we use a mask multiple times, humidity in our breathing provides perfect moisture for fungal growth.
6) Control the blood glucose levels and prevent hyperglycemia.
7) Monitor blood sugar levels post COVID-19 discharge
8)Use steroids judiciously with correct timing, correct dose, and duration
9) Change your toothbrush and tongue scrappers frequently
10) Rinse with the antibacterial mouth twice a day with toothbrushing
11)Discontinue immunomodulating drugs under the physician's guidance.
12) Do not miss the warning signs and symptoms.
13) Do not lose your crucial time initiate the treatment for black fungus which is antifungal drugs like Amphotericin B and T. posaconazole.
14) Keep your rooms and house properly ventilated. Poor ventilation has to be avoided.
Hope these tips will keep you safe. Stay home and stay safe. And contact the world of dentistry for the best dental treatment in Gurgaon.
