{"id":52154,"date":"2021-05-21T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T08:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=52154"},"modified":"2021-05-21T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T08:58:50","slug":"always-monitor-and-control-blood-sugar-level-advice-for-diabetes-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/always-monitor-and-control-blood-sugar-level-advice-for-diabetes-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Always monitor and control blood sugar level: Advice for Diabetes Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Steroids a strict no-no for Mild COVID-19 patients: Director, AIIMS<\/p>\n

Be Vigilant, Don\u2019t Miss even Minor Symptoms, Stay Safe from Mucormycosis<\/span><\/h4>\n

MUMBAI, MAY 21, 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus infection, is not a new disease. Such infections were reported even before the pandemic. Its incidence however was very low. Now, due to COVID-19, this rare but fatal fungal infection is being reported in large numbers. Coronavirus Disease Associated Mucormycosis (CAM) is being seen in patients who are either recovering or have recovered from COVID-19. Let us build on\u00a0our earlier post on the topic<\/a>\u00a0<\/u><\/u>, to learn what we can do to protect ourselves and our dear and near ones.<\/p>\n

Director AIIMS, Dr. Randeep Guleria explained the increased incidence during a press conference last week. \u201cEarlier, mucormycosis was commonly spotted in people suffering from diabetes mellitus, a condition where\u00a0one\u2019s blood sugar (glucose) levels are abnormally high.\u00a0Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy,\u00a0those\u00a0who have had a transplant, and people taking immunosuppressants (medications that weaken the immune system) also used to get it. But now due to COVID-19 and its treatment, an increase in number of cases is being witnessed. There are more than 20 cases of the fungal infection in AIIMS itself, all of whom are COVID positive. Many states have reported 400 to 500 cases, all among COVID patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why and how it affects COVID-19 patients during or post recovery?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medicines used in treating COVID-19 tend to bring down the count of lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are one of the three types of white blood cells whose job is to defend our body against disease-causing pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites.The reduced count of lymphocytes leads to a medical condition called lymphopenia, making way for opportunistic fungal infection in COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n

There is a higher chance of occurrence of mucormycosis in patients whose immune system is not functioning well, and since COVID-19 treatment tends to suppress the working of the immune system, it places such patients at a higher risk of contracting the black fungus infection.<\/p>\n

Disease and Symptoms:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mucormycosis can be categorized depending on which organ of the human body it attacks.\u00a0 Signs and symptoms of the infection also vary depending on the affected body part.<\/p>\n