Behcet’s Disease: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Behcet’s disease diagonosis is based on long-term clinical observation. The differential diagnosis includes recurrent oral aphthosis, Reiter’s syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, SLE and other brain tumors among
Because the cause of the disease is unknown, treatment is done according to individual symptoms and the time of onset. The drugs are to reduce inflammation or to attempt to regulate the immune system. Some of the drugs used are:
* Topical corticosteroids, which can be applied directly to the lesions of the skin, mouth or eyes to reduce swelling and pain.
* NSAIDs and analgesics such as aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen to relieve pain and joint swelling of colchicine, that unlike in the drop is not used to combat acute inflammation, but to prevent muscle or skin outbreaks disease
* Oral corticosteroids like prednisone, to reduce inflammation. It also uses the classic cooking plantain (Plantago) which possesses anti-inflammatory and analgesic.
* Other medicines that can be useful are pentoxifylline and dapsone
* Immunosuppressants, which are treatments that attempt to halt the immune process accelerated. Are reserved for severe manifestations of the disease and require close monitoring of treatment. Have been used azathioprine, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and interferon alfa.
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