Is Behcet s disease life threatening? What are the dangers of Behcet s disease when it is severe?

Whether Behcet's disease affects life expectancy depends mainly on the actual condition, as follows:

1.If Behcet's disease is mild, it generally does not affect the life expectancy, because through standardization**, the disease can be controlled within a controllable range and the progression of the disease can be delayed.

2.If Behcet's disease is severe, there is significant organ damage, such as neurological lesions, vascular lesions, and gastrointestinal lesions, which may affect life expectancy. Some patients may develop rapid disease progression after corresponding organ damage, and are prone to risk factors such as intestinal perforation, aneurysm rupture, and even cerebral thrombosis.

Patients with Behcet's disease should take corresponding measures in a timely manner, and should have regular follow-up during the period to understand the changes in their condition.

Behcet's disease is severe and life-threatening. Behcet's disease is a kind of chronic inflammation, which usually causes patients to have mouth ulcers, eye pain, redness and swelling, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms in the early stage of the disease, and in severe cases, it will also affect the brain, heart or other organs. Therefore, once the patient has Behcet's disease, he needs to go to the hospital for examination in time**, under the guidance of the doctor, choose the appropriate drug to deal with **, and pay more attention to rest and do not exercise vigorously.

What are the dangers of Behcet's syndrome?

Behcet's syndrome is a proteopathic condition that includes a variety of serious manifestations.

Mild manifestations, such as arthritis and **mucosal lesions, significantly reduce the patient's quality of life, but do not threaten vital organ function.

Severe presentation: may result in major organ dysfunction and even death, including certain ocular and neurological manifestations, as well as complications such as macrovascular arteritis and venous thrombosis.

Visual impairment: Most patients with ocular Behcet's syndrome recover well, but some patients with eye disease still have a reversal and may experience severe vision loss or even blindness.

Other serious complications: gastrointestinal Behcet's ulcer bleeding, perforation, intestinal fistula°, malabsorption, etc., these are serious complications, and patients with neurological Behcet's disease have a high mortality rate, and even if they survive, they often have serious sequelae.

Patients with large and middle arterial lesions in vascular Behcet's syndrome may die suddenly due to ruptured aneurysms and myocardial infarction. Heart valves can also be affected, leading to valvular regurgitation and/or heart failure.

Generally, it is not life-threatening, it is recommended to go to a tertiary hospital to find a doctor for diagnosis in time, prescribe the right medicine, and it will be relieved slowly.

At present, there are no specific serological tests for Behcet's disease, such as antinuclear antibodies, Anka antibodies, etc., and there are no specific tests for Behcet's disease, unlike rheumatoid arthritis or lupus erythematosus, which have some specific autoantibody tests. Patients with Behcet's disease are often associated with tuberculosis infection, and PPD tests may be done or tested positive for tuberculin. If it is strong positive, it can be helpful in diagnosing Behcet's disease.

In addition, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can be checked, and ESR may be mildly elevated in Behcet's patients. Clinically, it can also do acupuncture response test, which is the only ** test with strong specificity in Behcet's disease. Of course, the practice varies from hospital to hospital, but after disinfection, a sterile intradermal needle is used to puncture the skin in the middle, and then withdraw, and the reaction of the needle is observed after 48 hours.

If there are erythematous papules or white blisters, the result is positive.

In addition, if a rash usually appears at the blood drawing site, injection site, or injection site, it can be considered a positive skin test reaction, and it can also be used as a basis for diagnosing Behcet's disease. The diagnosis is confirmed by clinical findings and other laboratory tests, including the presence of ocular meningitis, uveitis, and mouth ulcers. However, it should be distinguished from other diseases, such as oral ulcers caused by immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome, as well as ** reactions caused by other diseases.

Therefore, a definitive diagnosis can only be made through differential diagnosis.

Many patients are very unfamiliar with Behcet's disease and do not know what tests should be done after suffering from Behcet's disease, accurate laboratory tests are the main method to diagnose Behcet's disease, and general Behcet's disease patients may have increased blood sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) during the activity, patients can do acupuncture tests to see if the experimental response is positive.

Because some specific types of Behcet's disease can damage the intestines, nervous system, blood vessels, etc., specific examinations of these systems are required.

NeuroBehcet's disease has increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure and a lighter number of white blood cells.

Intracranial CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are helpful for brain, brainstem, and spinal cord lesions, and MRI in the acute phase is sensitive to detect ascending hyperintensity in the brainstem, paraventricular white matter, and basal ganglia. Long-term MRI should be distinguished from multiple sclerosis.

Gastrointestinal barium angiography, endoscopy, angiography, and color Doppler are helpful in diagnosing the location and extent of the lesion.

Plain x-rays of the lungs may show diffuse exudations or circular nodular opacities of varying degrees on single or bilateral days, and perihilar density may be increased in pulmonary infarction.

High-resolution CT or pulmonary angiography, radionuclide ventilation and perfusion scans are helpful in the diagnosis of lung lesions.

When Behcet's disease is diagnosed, it must be carried out in time**, because Behcet's disease has the characteristics of micro-disorders and vasculitis, so some Chinese patent medicines can be used to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis**, which is very beneficial to improve the condition.

Most patients with Behcet's disease have a good prognosis, but if the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, etc. are involved, the severe cases may be life-threatening.

1. Some patients with Behcet's disease will have visceral system lesions caused by vasculitis, such as gastrointestinal involvement, severe cases may be combined with ulcer bleeding, intestinal perforation and other complications, if the nervous system is involved, the first rate and mortality rate are also higher, if the patient has large and middle artery involvement, may cause sudden death due to aneurysm rupture and myocardial infarction;

2. Vasculitis of the visceral system is mainly glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants, and biological agents can also be considered if the conventional ** is ineffective, and the mortality rate can be reduced as soon as possible and standardized. Patients with Behcet's disease are advised to go to the hospital for regular**.

Behcet's disease generally has no effective method, and its best plan is mainly to alleviate symptoms and reduce organ damage, and the main methods are drugs and surgery.

Behcet's disease is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of the blood vessels, and the diagnosis can be based on the severity of organ involvement. If important organs are damaged, immunosuppressants can be used according to the doctor's instructions, such as azathioprine, methotrexate, etc., Behcet's disease is generally not recommended surgery**, but patients with aneurysms at risk of rupture can consider surgery**, mainly intervention**.

**During the period, if there are skin lesions on the body, do not scratch and rub excessively, so as not to break and bleed, cause secondary infection, which is not conducive to recovery.