What is Behcet's disease?

Behcet's disease is a rare disease that causes inflammation in the body's blood vessels. This may result in painful mouth ulcers, genital ulcers, eye problems and skin lesions.

How do members experience Behcet's disease?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Behcet's disease*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Behcet's disease*

*Data from patients with Behcet's disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with Behcet's disease*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Colcrys)
Perceived effectiveness
for Behcet's disease (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
Behcet's disease (3)
Treatment

(Imuran)
Perceived effectiveness
for Behcet's disease (1 evaluation)
Side effects
lethargy pancytopenia
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
Behcet's disease (1)

*Data from patients with Behcet's disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has Behcet's disease on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 22
30s 70
40s 65
50s 69
60s 37
70+ 12

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 40
Female 236