Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis) is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. These molds live throughout the environment. Mucormycosis mainly affects people who have health problems or take medicines that lower the body's ability to fight germs and sickness.

1. Mucormycosis (black fungus)
What exactly is mucormycosis? who had it? and what are its
symptoms? And what is the solution? Let's learn this in simple
language.

2. Mucormycosis means:-
Mucor (black fungus) damages organs such as the eyes, sinuses, ears, and brain.
Mucormycosis, caused by the black fungus, has become more common during the
Corona period.
Mucor (black fungus) accumulates in humid places i.e. moist soil, plants, bio-fertilizers,
perishable fruits, and vegetables.

3. Symptoms of mucormycosis
• Bleeding from the nose
• Acute headache (brain infection)
• The appearance of two images (eye infection)
The symptoms of mucormycosis depend on where in the body the fungus is growing.
Contact your healthcare provider if you have symptoms that you think are related to
mucormycosis.
fungus is a fungal infection. It takes about 8 days to swim from the nose to other organs.
Therefore, if treatment is started only when the initial symptoms appear, the disease of
mucosal mycosis can be cured immediately. If the infection spreads to the brain, the
patient has a 50% chance of getting it Die. If the eye is injured, the eye may also be lost.
Care is especially needed in patients with diabetes and hypertension.

4. Symptoms of rhinocerebral (sinus and brain) mucormycosis include:
• One-sided facial swelling
• Headache
• Nasal or sinus congestion
• Black lesions on the nasal bridge or upper inside of the mouth that quickly become
more severe
• Fever
Symptoms of pulmonary (lung) mucormycosis include:
• Fever
• Cough
• Chest pain

5. • Shortness of breath
• Cutaneous (skin) mucormycosis can look like blisters or ulcers, and the infected area
may turn black. Other symptoms include pain, warmth, excessive redness, or
swelling around a wound.
Symptoms of gastrointestinal mucormycosis include:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea and vomiting
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Disseminated mucormycosis typically occurs in people who are already sick from
other medical conditions, so it can be difficult to know which symptoms are related
to mucormycosis.
What are the risk factors for mucormycosis?
• A risk factor for mucormycosis includes any debilitating disease process, especially
diseases that can yield compromised blood flow to the tissue.
• The classic example is the patient with uncontrolled diabetes and foot ulcers where
dirt or debris can easily reach compromised tissue.
• Patients with burns, malignancies, immunocompromised patients, patients with
splenectomy, and people with wounds (usually severe) contaminated with soil or
environmental water are at higher risk of getting mucormycosis.

6. • Consequently, people injured in environmental disasters are, as a group, at high risk
for this infection.
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