Behcet disease is a type of inflammatory disease that affects the blood vessels, often with ulcers in the mucosa and visual problems, and affects the reproductive system, digestive system, respiratory system and musculoskeletal system. Ultimately leading to death. The disease was named after the Turkish doctor Khulusi Bahgat, who was the first to discover and describe the disease in 1937, knowing that it was known since the days of Hippocrates, known as Abu Medicine.
Behgat disease is a rare disease; it affects one in ten thousand people. This percentage varies according to country and geographic region. It affects males more than females. For every female, there are three males who are infected. The ratio is 1: 3. As for the causes of this disease, so far scientists have not found a specific reason for it, but all views are based on speculation, and studies are still underway to find the real causes of this rare disease, it is inflammation of the blood vessels, and inflammation is the result of attacking the immune system in The body is a reaction to a wound or infection, but in this case none of this happened, the disease is more prevalent in the Middle East; countries that are located around the historic Silk Road route, so some call it Silk Road Disease, but that does not mean that countries Others do not become infected by this disease, But the infection rate is lower than those on the Silk Road.
This disease does not mean that people outside this age range are not at risk, and that the actual time of infection occurs between 15 and 45 years of age, but in the first age The incidence is greater than others outside. It is not a condition that the disease affects all of the above mentioned organs, but can be limited to one of the organs of the body, and start symptoms appear in the form of ulcers in the mouth, ulcers in the reproductive system, the incidence of skin and eye infections, gastrointestinal tract infection and ulceration; It can also occur in the patient, as well as the muscular system; it leads to difficulty in movement and muscle weakness; making walking difficult and painful, and can That leads to paralysis of the limbs in the body.
There is no definitive cure for Behçet’s disease to date. All drugs prescribed for patients with this disease are to relieve symptoms and try to control them in order to try to stop the spread of the disease and not spread it in all organs in the body. The treatments prescribed for the patient are based on the symptoms he or she feels. Creams are formed in the cases of dermatitis, oral medications to relieve the symptoms, if the symptoms have intensified and have affected the eye or the nervous system. Doctors resort to the use of inhibitors To the immune system of the body, so as not to attack members and eliminate them. May God heal you and you, and away from you, and our evil and scourge and disease.