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

(Imuran)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
Behcet's disease (1)
Treatment

(Colcrys)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
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 2
20s 26
30s 69
40s 66
50s 76
60s 40
70+ 16

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 44
Female 246

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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.



Common symptoms reported by people with Behcet's disease

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

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.
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Treatments taken by people for Behcet's disease

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Imuran)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
82
Tried for
Behcet's disease (1)
Treatment name(s)

(Colcrys)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
120
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.
Last updated:


Compare treatments taken by people with Behcet's disease

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Imuran)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
Behcet's disease (1)
Treatment name(s)

(Colcrys)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
Behcet's disease (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

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

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 236 say Behcet's disease is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 26
30s 69
40s 66
50s 76
60s 40
70+ 16
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 46
20-29 years 28
30-39 years 17
40-49 years 7
50-59 years 2
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 44
Female 246

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 116
Not Diagnosed 13

These charts show data from Behcet's disease patients who have completed their condition history
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