The country is fighting against the newly emerged ‘Black Fungus’, and amid these rising cases, now several states reported about ‘White Fungus’. Till now four cases have been reported from Patna, Bihar.
As per medical expert, white fungus is more dangerous than black fungus, as it affects lungs along with other body parts including nails, skin, stomach, kidney, brain, private parts and mouth as well.
The information regarding white fungus cases in Patna was shared by Dr. SN Singh, head of PMCH’s Microbiology Department. Dr. Singh said told that four patients had symptoms like Corona (Corona Patients) but they were not infected by the COVID-19 virus.
Dr. Singh also said that white fungal infection attacks people with weak immunity like black fungus. Diabetes patients or those taking steroids for a long time are most likely to get infected with White Fungus.
According to doctors, the white fungal infection affects the lungs and this can be detected by performing HRCT.
