{"id":55967,"date":"2021-10-20T07:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T07:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=55967"},"modified":"2021-10-20T07:24:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T07:24:46","slug":"black-fungus-upsc-daily-important-topic-20-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/black-fungus-upsc-daily-important-topic-20-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK FUNGUS :UPSC Daily Important Topic | 20 October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BLACK FUNGUS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topic: Health Related Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is a disease being detected relatively frequently among Covid-19 patients in some states.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is a rare but serious fungal infection.<\/li><li>The disease often manifests in the skin and also affect the lungs and the brain.<\/li><li>Caused by a group of moulds known as mucoromycetes  present naturally in the environment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It mainly affects people who are on medication for health problems that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sinuses or lungs of such individuals get affected after they inhale fungal spores from the air.<\/li><li>Warning sings include pain and redness around the eye or nose, with fever, headache, coughing, shortness of breath, bloody vomits, and altered mental status.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Treated with antifungals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It may eventually require surgery.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLACK FUNGUS Topic: Health Related Issues It is a disease being detected relatively frequently among Covid-19 patients in some states. 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