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Black Fungus Mucormycosis; General and Homoeopathic management

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Black Fungus Mucormycosis; General and Homoeopathic management   I mages-Wikipedia Mucormycosis Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis) is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. These molds live throughout the environment. Mucormycosis mainly affects people who have health problems or take medicines that lower the body’s ability to fight germs and sickness. (CDC) Causes of Black Fungus or Mucormycosis Zygomycetes  represent the general class of fungi that cause mucormycosis.  Rhizopus arrhizus  species from the Mucoraceae family are the most commonly identified cause of mucormycosis in humans. Other fungal causes may include Mucor species,  Cunninghamella Bertholletia ,  Apophysomyces elegans , Absidia species, Saksenaea species,  Rhizomucor pusillus , Entomophthora species, Conidiobolus species, and Basidiobolus species. How does someone get mucormycosis? People get mucormycosis through contact with fungal spores in the envir