[Global Network Reporter Bian Zihao] The new crown epidemic has not yet faded, and fungal infections are spreading in India.
According to India’s “Tribune” report on the 22nd, 8848 cases of mucormycosis were recently reported across India.
The Indian "Scroll" website quoted doctors as saying that the massive use of steroid drugs has led to a surge in mucormycosis cases.
According to India’s “Tribune” report on the 22nd, Indian Minister of Chemical Industry and Fertilizer Sadananda Gouda said that there were 8,848 mucormycosis infections in India, including 2,281 cases in Gujarat, the most serious state.
Tickoo, the head of internal medicine at the Max Hospital in New Delhi, said in an interview with "Scroll" that steroids are being used in large quantities for the treatment of new crowns, which has led to an increase in mucor cases.
Tiku said that for severely ill patients with the new coronavirus, there is evidence to prove the effectiveness of steroids.
But for those with mild illness, they do not need to use steroids.
Indian health experts call mucormycosis an "epidemic in an epidemic", caused by the "mucor" fungus that exists in the natural environment. Patients suffering from new crowns with diabetes are prone to contracting the bacteria after hormone therapy, and their symptoms are headaches. , Nose bleeding, hemoptysis, facial numbness and swelling, blurred vision, difficulty breathing, etc., have a high fatality rate.
On the 20th, the Indian Ministry of Health required states to declare mucormycosis as a notifiable statutory epidemic in accordance with the Epidemiology Act, and called on all medical institutions to screen, diagnose and treat mucormycosis in accordance with government procedures.
At present, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana and other places have declared mucormycosis as a legal epidemic.
At present, the situation of the epidemic in India is still severe.
According to the latest data released by the Indian health department on the 23rd, in the past 24 hours, there were 240,842 new confirmed cases of new crown in India, with a total of 26,530,132 confirmed cases; 3,741 new deaths and a total of 299,266 deaths.