Why Black Fungus cases rising in India? Dr Gagandeep Kang explains

Dr Gagandeep Kang, Professor at CMC Vellore, and Member of Supreme Court Panel on medical oxygen, in an interview with CNBC-TV18, said Mucormycosis is more common in India than in most other parts of the world. One of the reasons for this, she says, is the high rate of diabetes in India.

Kang said, "Mucormycosis is more common in India than in most other parts of the world. One of the reasons for this is the high rate of diabetes in India and Mucormycosis is very common in diabetics whose sugars are uncontrolled. To add to that the rampant use of steroids even in people who are out-patients is something that is going to leave people."

"Steroids are dangerous, they supress your immune system, they make you more prone for infections and in diabetics they send your sugars wildly out of control. So you need tight control of sugar and careful dosing of steroids at the appropriate time."