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Behçet's disease history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

The hallmark of Behçet disease is recurrent aphthous ulcerations, genital ulcers, and uveitis. A positive history of joint pains and skin lesions are suggestive of Behçet disease. The most common symptoms of Behçet disease include mouth sores, uveitis, joint pain, and genital sores. Less common symptoms of Behçet disease include diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, skin lesions-red nodules, acne, joint pains, and poor balance.

History and Symptoms

The hallmark of Behçet disease is recurrent aphthous ulcerations, genital ulcers, and uveitis. A positive history of joint pains and skin lesions are suggestive of Behçet disease. The most common symptoms of Behçet disease include mouth sores, uveitis, joint pain, and genital sores.[1][2][3][4]

History

Patients with Behçet disease may have a positive history of:

Common Symptoms

Common symptoms of Behçet disease include:

Less Common Symptoms

Less common symptoms of Behçet disease include:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vuitton D, Neidhardt-Audion M, Girardin P, Racadot E, Geissmann C, Laurent R; et al. (1985). “[Epidemiologic characteristics of 21 peranesthetic anaphylactoid accidents observed in a population of 12,855 surgically treated patients]”. Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 4 (2): 167–72. PMID 3159316.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Al-Mujaini A, Wali UK (2011). “Frosted branch angiitis, neuroretinitis as initial ocular manifestation in Behçet disease”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 59 (3): 240–1. doi:10.4103/0301-4738.81048. PMC 3120249. PMID 21586851.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ebrahimifar P, Shahabi J (2017). “Right ventricular thrombosis as a manifestation of Behçet’s syndrome”. ARYA Atheroscler. 13 (2): 91–94. PMC 5628857. PMID 29026416.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seyahi E, Yurdakul S (2011). “Behçet’s Syndrome and Thrombosis”. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 3 (1): e2011026. doi:10.4084/MJHID.2011.026. PMC 3152448. PMID 21869912.
  5. ↑ Ilhan B, Can M, Alibaz-Oner F, Yilmaz-Oner S, Polat-Korkmaz O, Ozen G; et al. (2016). “Fatigue in patients with Behcet’s syndrome: relationship with quality of life, depression, anxiety, disability and disease activity”. Int J Rheum Dis. doi:10.1111/1756-185X.12839. PMID 26913703.
  6. ↑ Buyuktas D, Hatemi G, Yuksel-Findikoglu S, Ugurlu S, Yazici H, Yurdakul S (2015). “Fatigue is correlated with disease activity but not with the type of organ involvement in Behçet’s syndrome: a comparative clinical survey”. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 33 (6 Suppl 94): S107–12. PMID 26487169.

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