What family Need to Know about The black fungus and what causes the infection in COVID-19 patients?

Hospitals across India, have been reporting, several cases of Mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection affecting patients, who have recently recovered from covid19. Mucormycosis is a very rare infection. It is caused by exposure to mucor mould, which is commonly found in soil, plants, manure, and decaying fruits and vegetables. It affects the sinuses, the brain and the lungs, and can be life-threatening in diabetic, or severely immunocompromised individuals, such as cancer patients or people with HIV/AIDS. Doctors believe mucormycosis, which has an overall mortality rate of 50%, may be being triggered by the use of steroids, a life-saving treatment for severe, and critically ill Covid-19 patients. Steroids reduce inflammation in the lungs for Covid-19, and appear to help stop some of the damage that can happen, when the body’s immune system goes into overdrive, to fight off coronavirus. But they also reduce immunity, and push up blood sugar, levels in both diabetics and non-diabetic Covid-19 patients