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Beh莽et鈥檚 disease is a rare immune system disorder that causes inflammation in various parts of the body. People with Beh莽et鈥檚 (pronounced buh-CHETS) disease have recurrent, painful ulcers in the mouth and sometimes on the genitals, as well as lesions on the skin. More serious symptoms include inflammation in the eyes, the brain, or both; a bulge in the wall of an artery in the lungs, called an aneurysm; and obstruction of blood vessels. Behcet鈥檚 is considered a type of vasculitis, because it causes inflammation of blood vessels of nearly all sizes and types, including arteries and veins.
Medication to reduce inflammation is the primary treatment for Beh莽et鈥檚 disease. Symptoms may have unpredictable active periods, or flare-ups, as well as times when symptoms disappear, or remissions. 黑料福利社 Langone rheumatologists prescribe medications based on a person鈥檚 symptoms and test results, with the goal of keeping inflammation in check and the condition in remission for as long as possible.
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