Colour of fungus can be seen differently: Randeep Guleria on fungal infection
Amid black and white fungus cases in India, a case of yellow fungus has been reported from Uttar Pradesh. Are these fungal infections communicable diseases? AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has an answer to this question.
Randeep Guleria said that the colour of fungus can be seen differently if it develops in different areas. Fungal infection is not a communicable disease, he said.
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He said that people with low immunity get infected with mucormycosis, Candida and asporogenous infections. These fungi mainly found in the sinuses, nose, the bone around the eyes and can enter the brain, he added.
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Furthermore, he said that it is occasionally found in the lungs (pulmonary mucormycosis) or in the gastrointestinal tract.
There are few symptoms that are seen post-COVID-19. If the symptoms were seen for 4-12 weeks, it is called ongoing symptomatic COVID or post-acute COVID syndrome, he said, adding that if symptoms were seen for more than 12 weeks, it is called a post-COVID syndrome.
