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India’s first green fungus case found in COVID-19 recovered patient in Madhya Pradesh

16 June 2021 | TITN Team
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The full degree of post-COVID-19 confusions have just begun to arise and nobody knows precisely how all the contamination can deal with the human body. So far one of the greatest post-COVID hazards, in any event in India in the second rush of the pandemic has been the episode of the uncommon Mucormycosis otherwise called a black fungus.

From that point forward, instances of white and yellow funguses have additionally been accounted for in India among those recuperated from COVID-19. Now, a 34-year-old COVID-19 survivor in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has been determined to have a green fungus disease.

As per Dr. Ravi Dosi, top of the Department of Chest Diseases, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences (SAIMS) the man, who had recuperated from COVID-19, went through a test on doubt that he had gotten the feared black fungus infection.

In any case, he was found to have green fungus (Aspergillosis) contamination in his sinuses, lungs, and blood. The man was conceded to a nearby clinic two months prior with right around 100% Covid disease in the lungs and was treated in the ICU for about a month.

The patient went through Covid treatment for around two months. He returned home and around 10-15 days began encountering nosebleeds and fever. He came in for tests and we found that he is contaminated with ‘Green Fungus’,” Dr. Dosi said. “The patient recuperated. In any case, then, at that point, he began having nose drains, shortcoming, and high fever. He had additionally gotten extremely powerless because of weight reduction,” He added.

As indicated by Apoorva Tiwari, District Data Manager, Health Department, Indore, this is perhaps the main green parasite case in the country. The patient was transported to Mumbai on a contracted plane on Monday.