Mucormycosis is a rare, opportunistic fungal infection, which can progress acutely or subacutely in immunosuppressed patients. It is a devastating disease in patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and immunocompromised conditions. It causes decaying and extensive lesions of the soft tissue caused by fungi belonging to the order of Mucorales and is often fatal. Due to its aggressive nature, early detection and prompt management are of great importance for a good prognosis. We report a case of mucormycosis post-dental extraction in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
With the continued increase in Cancer incidence and deaths, traditional clinical therapies like surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immunosuppression alone are not enough to counteract cancer due to their cost and its associated side effects, thus emphasizing the need for a novel intervention plan. Hippocrates's (5 th century BCE) quote "Let food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be thy food" is well popular all over the world and thus food was chosen to enhance health and emotional wellbeing that caused the change in trend in the market for natural products that help in combating cancer. Cancer statistics showed that the consumption of diets rich in fresh fruits and vegetables is inversely associated with cancer incidence, which leads to study plant-based dietary antioxidants and its therapeutic role in cancer, which was underestimated in the past. This review is about the potential bene its of leaf extracts of Carica papaya in treating various cancers of the body; and its implication in the management of oral cancers.
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