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Steroids use and mucormycosis risk
My mother was diagnosed with covid 19 on April 13th. She was put on methylprednisolone 32mg for 4 days then 16mg for 4 days, 8mg for 4 days and 4mg for 4 days and stopped.
It's been more than a month but I am worried about mucormycosis risk.
She is prediabetic but does not take any diabetese medicine and during steroids use her sugar level was on check.
After 1 week of stopping the steroids her Hba1c blood test came as 6.9
I wanted to check after how long stopping the steroids is a person's immunity suppressed and person is prone to infection.
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A person's immunity comes back to normal slowly with time..take extra care when it comes to hygeine..and below I am writing some symptoms of early mucormycosis infection..So that you can keep a check on them..
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1. Nasal Blockage
2. Blood tinged nasal discharge 3. Headache
4. Pain in the Eye
5. One sided Facial Pain & Swelling or
Numbness
6. Toothache, Loosening teeth, discomfort during chewing
7. Swelling of the Eye & Adnexa
8. Double Vision
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Blood sugar has to be kept in strict control to avoid any complications.
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No specific time. But with passage of time immunity goes on increasing after stopping steroid
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If the steroids are stopped now, we just need to do one more test to ascertain the risk
To know about it comsult me on pid chat
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