Bahgat’s disease was named after the doctor who discovered it, called Kholousi Bahgat, and is a Turkish leather tycoon. The disease or disease is an inflammation of the blood vessels due to an immune defect that appears in the form of ulcers in the area of the mouth and in the genital area, and affects the eye and skin and joints and sometimes other members. The main cause of this disease is unknown to date. Behcet disease affects males and females, but it is more severe when it affects males, and males are more likely to be infected than females. It affects people of all ages.
Some people also refer to the name of the disease (Silk Road Disease), which is more common in countries located on the historic Silk Road that reaches East Asia and the Mediterranean Basin, and also affects the countries of the Middle East. And also affects northern Europe and America.
Behçet’s disease is not contagious and is not considered a genetically transmitted disease. The main cause is not known, but it is believed that for some reason the immune system attacks the blood vessels and therefore inflammation, and it is possible that the infection of viral infection or bacterial inflammation and stimulate this raises the disease for those who are ready to get it.
Symptoms of Behçet’s Disease:
First: Ulcers in the mouth, which are the most important signs and symptoms that result from this disease, and these sores are very painful and infect the mouth and may reach the tonsils, and may be single or in the form of groups. These ulcers irritate after eating some types of food or during the menstrual cycle or in the case of psychological changes and mood.
Second: genital ulcers, and this offer helps to confirm the incidence of Behçet disease and is similar to ulcers that affect the mouth and leave traces after the disappearance.
Third: Injuries in the skin, and sometimes in the form of blisters or acne sometimes or in the form of bruises.
Fourth: Inflammation of the eye, and inflammation occurs in certain parts of the eye, which may lead to poor vision unless properly treated, and feels the pain and redness of the eye and lack of clarity of vision.
Fifth: Pain in joints.
VI: Problems in the digestive system.
Seventh: clots and thrombosis due to vasculitis.
Eighth: inflammation of the central nervous system.