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Risk of mucormycosis
My mom who was tested covid positive had only mild symptoms (fever,cough,myalgia).Her IL-6 was 29.95 and d-dimer was 1.02.She was started on steroids (I don't know why they started it)and dosage was IV 40mg methyl prednisolone x 2 days,then 32mg,16mg,8mg, 4mg each for 2 days.She is hypertensive and not a diabetic.Her fbs is 110mg /dl and ppbs is 188mg/dl.Im very concerned whether she has a risk for developing mucormycosis?
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Your mother had mild symptoms
But her IL 6 and d dimer was very high.
Hence she was at risk of cytokine storm/ acute respiratory distress
And hence she was started on steroids.
Steroids prevented her condition from becoming severe.
Her fasting and ppbs are pre-diabetic range due to steroid use.
You should recheck 15 days after steroids have been stopped completely.
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since she was given steroids, there is a risk of mucor.
but she does not have:
uncontrolled diabetes.
long oxygen requirement.
unsterile mask use.
hence her risk is very low.
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watch for symptoms of mucor : eye pain/ swelling of face /red eyes for next 15 days
monitor saturation thrice a day.
she does not need any evaluation at present. improve nutrition and follow covid hygiene.
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