Inevitable Impact of Steroids and Mucormycosis – A Review
Nirbhay Kumar Mishra
Institute of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Mathura, India.
Sanjesh Kumar
*
GLA University, Mathura, India.
Mansi Singh
GLA University, Mathura, India.
Siva Prasad Panda
Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The human population remains in the threat of the Pandemic of COVID 19 till date with one another faces of it. The second wave of the pandemic led population into vain again with yet another danger of the third wave. The use of the steroids for controlling and treatment of the upsurge during the second wave remained a trend. The uncontrolled use of steroids invites the secondary infection mucormycosis also called black fungus which affected the population badly. Mucormycosis is opportunistic infection that acquired immune compromised patients with COVID 19 and steroids in treatment paradigm. Most of the patients with high blood glucose levels and diabetes faced this threat and created pandemic in pandemic again. The reviews focus on the positive and negative both prospects of the steroidal use and how steroids were the leading cause of the blowout of the Black fungus infection.
Keywords: SARS COVID-19, mucormycosis, dexamethasone, diabetes, immune system, steroids