Behçet's disease
Sign in to saveAlso known as Adamantiades-Behcet disease, Behcet syndrome, triple symptom complex, Silk Road disease, Morbus Behcet, Morbus Behçet, Behçet syndrome, Adamantiades-Behçet disease
rare immune-mediated small-vessel systemic vasculitis in humans
Key facts
- Other names
- Adamantiades–Behçet disease Behçet disease Behçet's syndrome Morbus Behçet Silk Road disease
- Pronunciation
- / b ɛ ˈ tʃ ɛ t / , Turkish: [ behˈtʃet ]
- Specialty
- Rheumatology , Immunology
- Symptoms
- Mouth sores , genital sores, inflammation of the eye, arthritis , chronic fatigue
- Complications
- Blindness , joint inflammation , blood clots , aneurysm
- Usual onset
- 20s to 40s
- Duration
- Long term
- Causes
- Unknown
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms
- Differential diagnosis
- Reactive arthritis , Stevens–Johnson syndrome , Sweet syndrome
- Medication
- Immunosuppressive medication such as corticosteroids
- Prognosis
- Often improves with time
- Frequency
- Rare (US, EU), more common (Middle East, Asia)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
14,223 papers- Behçet's disease.International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2018
- Behcet's disease.International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2014
- Behçet's disease uveitis.La Revue de medecine interne · 2023
- [Behçet's disease].Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique · 2022
- Behcet's Disease.Journal of insurance medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2019
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Named after
- Hulusi Behçet
- Image
- Behcets disease.jpg
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- Commons category
- Behçet's disease
- health specialty
- rheumatology
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_117
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34416
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- infliximab
- symptoms and signs
- inflammation
- ICD-9-CM
- 136.1
- has cause
- immunity
- afflicts
- blood vessel
- possible treatment
- immunoglobulin therapy
- has phenotype
- uveitis
- external data available at URL
- www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/187
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Behçet's disease or Behçet's syndrome (/bɛˈtʃɛt/; BD; sometimes written Behcet) is a type of inflammatory disorder which affects multiple parts of the body. The most common symptoms include painful sores on the mucous membranes of the mouth and other parts of the body, inflammation of parts of the eye, and arthritis. The sores can last from a few days, up to a week or more. Less commonly there may be inflammation of the brain or spinal cord, blood clots, aneurysms, or blindness. Often, the symptoms come and go.
The cause is unknown. It is believed to be partly genetic. Behçet's is not contagious. Diagnosis is based on at least three episodes of mouth sores in a year, together with at least two of the following: genital sores, eye inflammation, skin sores, a positive skin prick test.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Behçet's disease” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.