How long does it take mucormycosis to begin to show symptoms in a person?!
Question: How long does it take mucormycosis to begin to show symptoms in a person.?
As in, what's the infection speed.? Or how long does it take a person to die from infection.? After seeing the poor guy on Ripley's Believe it or not, I went to do some investigating cause my mum has had neurosurgery, and recently started having some of the symptoms... her surgery was a year and 3 months ago, and this has come up about 8 months after. I've checked so many sites, but none I've found have information on the time it takes for infection. Any help would be great.Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Mucor is an opportunistic fungi (mold) that commonly grows on bread and fruits. In the acute infection,the spores of the mold can easily become airborne, and if the patient is in acidosis (uncontrolled diabetes for example), or on corticosteroids, antibiotics or antileukemic drugs, the spores may infect the nasal sinuses ad eye area. The infection rapidly spreads to adjacent blood vessels causing necrosis and blood clots. From there it spreads to the brain and produces a rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis. Death is usually 2-10 after the initial eye/sinus infection. Chronic infection of Mucor also exists but its self-limiting.Health Question & Answer