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Updated At : 11:54 AM May 21, 2021 IST

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Epidemic within a pandemic

• Doctors across India have begun calling mucormycosis an “epidemic within a pandemic”

• It is mostly seen in diabetic Covid-19 patients on steroids

• It affects face, nose, eyes and brain, can cause blindness and even removal of jaw bone besides affecting lungs

Symptoms

• Headache, nose secretions, bleeding from the nose, blood in cough, lack of sensation in the face, one-sided swelling on the face

Precautions

• Diabetics must control blood sugar levels

• No steroid therapy for mild Covid patients

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The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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