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What diabetics should know about the deadly ‘black fungus’ infections affecting India’s COVID-19 patients – Business Insider Australia
Diabetes, COVID-19, and medicines like steroids, used to treat COVID-19, all dampen the immune system, elevating a person’s risk of "black fungus."
- Hospitals in India have seen a rise in cases of mucormycosis, or “black fungus,” a life-threatening infection.
- Most of the patients affected are people with diabetes who previously had COVID-19.
- Diabetes, COVID-19, and steroids, which are sometimes used to treat COVID-19, all dampen the immune system, elevating a person’s risk of “black fungus.”
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