Behçet’s Disease - week 17

Question 1

what is Behçet’s disease?

Answer 1

complex inflammatory condition
systemic inflammation (skin, GI, lungs, vessels, MSK, CNS)

Question 2

Epidemiology of Behçet’s disease?

Answer 2

more common in men 20s-30s
more common in people from countries in the Middle East and East Asia

Question 3

aetiology of Behçet’s disease?

Answer 3

unknown
autoimmune

Question 4

presentation of Behçet’s disease?

Answer 4

Recurrent oral ulcers
Recurrent genital ulcers (kissing ulcers)

skin sores
uveitis
arthralgia (morning stiffness)
GI symptoms - abdominal pain, diarrhoea, bleeding
redness, swelling/ pains in arms and legs
aneurysms (inflammation of large arteries)
recurrent thromboses may occur

Headaches/Migraines

Question 5

investigations into Behçet’s disease?

Answer 5

Positive pathergy test (non-specific hypersensitive in the skin)