Behcet Disease Treatment WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Behcet Disease Treatment
Current treatment is aimed at easing the symptoms, reducing inflammation, and controlling the immune system. Anti-TNF therapy such as infliximab has shown promise in treating the uveitis associated with the disease. Another Anti-TNF agent, Etanercept, may be useful in patients with mainly skin and mucosal symptoms. ...more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- No cure for Behcet's disease exists.1
- When confined to the mouth, genitals, and skin, topical steroids and non–immunosuppressive medications such as colchicine may be effective.2
- With organ or life threatening disease, the combination of prednisone and either cyclophosphamide or chlorambucil is preferred.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: Treatments And Drugs
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Johns Hopkins Medicine: Treatment And Course Of Behcet's Disease
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Jacky Graves
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 10, 2009
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Jacky Graves
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Behcet Disease Treatments, Treatments of Behcet Disease, Managing signs and symptoms of Behcet Disease
- Last update: Nov. 10, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
