Behcet disease

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• Synonyms

  • Behcet's disease
  • Beh�et disease
  • Silk road disease

• Causes

  • HLA-B5
  • HLA-B51
  • Turkish origin

• Effects

  • Behcet triad
  • Uveitis
  • Retinal vasculitis
  • Pericarditis
  • Chronic abdominal pain
  • Diarrhoea50.0%
  • Venous thrombosis20.0%
  • Arterial thrombosis
  • Aortic regurgitation
  • Transverse myelitis
  • Erythema nodosum
  • Noninfective meningitis
  • Positive pathergy test
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Bulbar palsy
  • Migratory polyarthritis
  • Brainstem syndrome

• Parents

  • Autoimmune disease

• Treatments

  • Cyclosporin
  • Glucocorticoid

• Description

  • "2:1 male preponderance
  • onset at 30 yrs. 30% have a family history prevalent in areas of the old silk trading routes in the Middle East & Central Asia. Hence sometimes known as Silk Road Disease. Mortality is usually low "