Behçet disease is a chronic condition due to disturbances in the body’s immune system. Behcet's is a multi-system disease; it may involve all organs and affect the central nervous system, causing memory loss and impaired speech, balance, and movement. Behcet disease is most common and more serious in people with Silk Road bloodlines. Behcet disease is seen worldwide even in those with other ethnic heritage; in the US the incidence is reported to be 1 in 20,000. Behcet's is a multi-system disease; it may involve all organs and affect the central nervous system, causing memory loss and impaired speech, balance, and movement. Symptoms of Behcet's disease include recurrent ulcers in the mouth (resembling canker sores) and on the genitals, and eye inflammation.



Effects of the disease may include blindness, stroke, swelling of the spinal cord, and intestinal complications. Behçet's disease attend to develop in people in their 20's or 30's, but people of all ages can develop this disease. More serious problems can include meningitis, blood clots, inflammation of the digestive system and blindness. Men are affected more often, and with more severe disease, than women in some Mediterranean areas. Treatment for Behcet's disease is symptomatic and supportive. Medication may be prescribed to reduce inflammation and/or regulate the immune system. Immunosuppressive therapy may be considered. Thalidomide has also been used due to its immune-modifying effect. Dapsone and rebamipide have been shown.

Azathioprine, when used in combination with interferon alfa-2b also shows promis. Tetracycline remains the drug of choice for aphthous stomatitis and oral ulcers of BD. Thalidomide has also been used due to its immune-modifying effect. Thalidomide is not used to treat women of childbearing age because it causes severe birth defects. Immunosuppressive therapy may be considered. In more severe cases, oral steroids or immuno-suppressant drugs may be used. Painkillers and anti-inflammatory medicines can relieve pain. Experimental and research drugs (e.g. colchicine, cyclophosphamide, thalidomide, infliximab and potassium iodide). Dapsone and rebamipide have been shown.

Behcets Disease - Prevention and Treatment Tips

1. Interferon–alpha, a drug used in the treatment of hepatitis C.

2. Immunosuppressive therapy may be considered.

3. Thalidomide is not used to treat women of childbearing age.

4. Painkillers and anti-inflammatory medicines can relieve pain.

5. Dapsone and rebamipide have been shownto have beneficial results for mucocutaneous lesions.

6. Thalidomide has also been used due to its immune-modifying effect.

7. Colchicine can be useful for treating some genital ulcers.