mucormycosis…

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fungus, zygomycosis, mucormycosis, fungal infection, the sinuses, brain, lungs that occurs primarily, immune disorders, mucormycosis, common fungi frequently found, in the soil, in decaying vegetation, most individuals, exposed to these fungi on a daily basis, but people, immune disorders more susceptible to infection, conditions most commonly associated, mucormycosis include diabetes mellitus, chronic steroid use, metabolic acidosis, organ transplantation, leukemia/lymphoma, deferoxamine, aids, syndromes associated, mucormycosis, rhinocerebral infection, infection of sinuses, brain, a sinus infection, progress to involve inflammation of cranial nerves, blood clots that block vessels, brain, thrombosis, pulmonary mucormycosis, lung involvement, rapidly progressive pneumonia, spread, chest cavity, heart, brain, mucormycosis, the gastrointestinal tract, skin, kidneys, symptoms of rhinocerebral mucormycosis, acute sinusitis, fever, eye swelling, protrusion of eye orbit, proptosis, dark nasal eschar, scabbing, redness of skin overlying sinuses, symptoms of pulmonary mucormycosis, fever, cough, coughing blood, shortness of breath, symptoms of gastrointestinal mucormycosis, abdominal pain, vomiting blood, symptoms of renal mucormycosis, flank pain, fever, symptoms of cutaneous mucormycosis, single, painful, hardened area of skin, blackened central area, mucormycosis, suspected, symptoms appear in individuals, immune disorders diabetes, weakened immune systems transplant recipients, symptoms of rhinocerebral mucormycosis, most likely to occur among immunosuppressed people, depending on the site of involvement, ct scans, mris performed, evaluation, ear-nose-throat specialist is recommended, sinus involvement is suspected, to definitively diagnose mucormycosis, a tissue specimen must be obtained, analyzed, mainstay of treatment, mucormycosis is early surgical intervention to remove all dead, infected tissue, intravenous antifungal therapy, surgical removal of involved tissue is critical, disfiguring, it, involve removal, the palate, nasal structures, eye structures, chances of survival, greatly decreased, aggressive intervention, mucormycosis has an extremely high mortality rate, aggressive surgical intervention, death rates range from 25-80% depending on the site involved, the underlying immune problems, loss of neurological function, nerve involvement, clotting/blockage of brain, lung vessels, thrombosis, blindness, optic nerve is involved, immune disorders, diabetes, should seek medical attention, they develop fever, headache, sinus pain, eye swelling, the other symptoms, the fungi that cause mucormycosis, widespread, most appropriate preventive measures involve improved control, the underlying illnesses associated, mucormycosis.