Mucormycosis: Types and Symptoms
Mucormycosis is formerly known as zygomycosis.
Mucormycosis is found in soil and forms sporangiospores. Mucormycosis is a infectious disease.
Mucormycosis is caused by various fungi like Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, and Cunninghamella, Rhizomucor.
Mucormycosis affects our sinuses or lungs.
Mucormycosis is also caused by Syncephalastrum species and Apophysomyces species.
Mucormycosis is also reffered to as black fungus, which is present in air.
Types of Mucormycosis:-
i> Rhino cerebral mucormycosis:- Rhino cerebral mucormycosis is caused by sporophytic fungi which infects our sinuses, nasal cavity passage, oral cavity and brain.
ii> Pulmonary mucormycosis:- Pulmonary mucormycosis is affects immunocompromised patients such as recipients of stem cell or organ transplant.
iii> Gastrointestinal mucormycosis:- Gastrointestinal mucormycosis infection most commonly occurs in diabetics or in the immunologically compromised patients.
iv> Cutaneous mucormycosis:- Cutaneous mucormycosis is caused by Glomeromycota. Cutaneous mucormycosis enters our body through skin.
v> Disseminated mucormycosis:- Disseminated mucormycosis affects our body, spleen, heart, and skin.
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection caused by various type of mold. They are found ubiquitous in nature. Infection can occure by breathing in mold spore or enters the body though our skin.
Symptoms of Mucormycosis:-
- Headache.
- Nasal or sinus congestion.
- Fever
- Cough.
- Chest pain.
- Shortness of breath.
- Nausea.
- Vomiting.
- Gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Blackening or discolouration over the nose.
- Blurred or double vision.
- Breathing difficulties.
- Eye swelling.
- Facial pain.
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