My sister age 25 was covid positive. She has taken steroids (prednisolone 40 mg) from 19th april to 28th april. Now she is fine. But from yesterday there is mild redness inside her right eye. Mainly one side of her eyeball. We are worried for small small things after covid. Is it can be a symptom of black fungus. She doesn't have any other symptoms.

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Hello. It is good to know that your sister has recovered well from covid. Steroids are not to be stopped abruptly, it always has to be tapered by decreasing the doses first before stopping it completely. It is unlikely that just with 10 days of low dose steroid she will develop mucormycosis. But an ophthalmologist definitely needs to take a look at the eye first before saying that for sure. A good quality picture will be helpful in ruling out the same. You can reach me out anytime for consultation. Hope this helps. Thank you.  

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