Tunisia-SANA
Today, Tunisia recorded the first case of black fungus, in a patient who underwent surgery.
The Tunisian Radio Mosaique quoted the doctor supervising the operation, Ramzi Al-Maatry, as saying: "The patient underwent an operation to remove the rotted tissue at the level of the nose at the Sahloul University Hospital in Sousse." As a result of her diabetes and kidney failure, her condition is currently stable.”
Black fungus most commonly affects the sinuses or lungs after a person inhales fungal spores in the air. It can also affect the skin after a superficial injury such as a cut or burn. Its symptoms depend on where it grows in the body, but can include facial swelling, fever, skin ulcers and lesions. black in the mouth;