India
All you need to know about Green Fungus
Amidst the rising infections of black fungus among Covid-19 patients, the medical experts recognized another one namely Green Fungus. It is also termed as Aspergillosis. This is the first case of green fungus in India and it was found out after a patient was airlifted from Indore to Mumbai.
According to Dr Ravi Dosi, head of the Department of Chest Diseases, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences (SAIMS), the patient underwent a test on suspicion that he had contracted the black fungus (mucormycosis), following which it emerged that he has green fungus.
The symptoms of Green fungus or Aspergillosis include nose bleeding and high fever. In addition, it is also suspected that green fungus also causes severe weight loss and weakness.
According to Dr Dosi, more research is needed on whether the nature of green fungus infection in people who have recovered from COVID-19 is different from other patients.