Now, 2 infected with white fungus in Hisar

Tribune News Service

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Hisar, May 20

After a spike in black fungus (mucormycosis) cases in the region, two Covid patients infected withwhite fungus have been reported in the local Civil Hospital on Thursday.

Sources said two Covid-positive women, aged around 60 years, admitted to the Civil Hospital have been found suffering from white fungus, which is not of serious nature. In isolation for the past three days, the women are diabetic.

On Thursday, doctors conducted the KOH test of the patients after physical observation, which detected the fungus in the mouth.

Dr Vimal Jain, ENT specialist in the Civil Hospital, confirmed that they had detected white fungus, also known as candidiasis, around the tongue and oral cavity ofthe patients. He said the black fungus was more dangerous than this one.

Meanwhile, the medical college in Agroha has been designated as a referral centre for such patients. There are 46 black fungus patients undergoing treatment in the medical college at present.

Dr Geetika, Chief Medical Officer, Agroha, said most of the black fungus patients were very sick and required to undergo surgery. She said 26 of these patients were Covid survivors, but were infected with black fungus while the remaining 20 were active virus cases.

Dr Geetika said black fungus could occur in Covid patients even after a month of recovery. She said three persons, who were infected with both the diseases, died due to pneumonia and not black fungus. “In all, 16 patients have eye infection while nine are those who have suffered infection in nose, sinuses and brain. More concerning is the fact that the infection has reached the brain in some of these patients. It is affecting people of all age groups,” she added.