Behcet's Basics
This section is in the process of being updated. Information in this section of the website contains excerpted material from my book Essential Guide to Behcet's Disease, as well as evidence-based information from other medical books/journals, the American Behcet's Disease Association, physicians and other patients. All information on this web site, and in Behcet's Basics, is © 2000-2018 by Joanne Zeis, and was last updated on 7/12/2018. Many thanks to Lisa Jensen, MPH, past Vice President/Board of Directors of the ABDA for her review of many of my materials before publication.
I am not medically trained. Please do not initiate or change any treatment plan on your own. If you have any questions after reading this material, please meet with your primary care physician or health care provider.
Subjects covered in this section:
(Click on each topic for more information)
What is Behcet's disease?
How is Behcet's diagnosed? (Incl. International Classification Criteria of 1989)
Other symptoms related to Behcet's
What causes Behcet's, and how will it affect my family and my life?
What is it like after 30+ years of symptoms?
I am not medically trained. Please do not initiate or change any treatment plan on your own. If you have any questions after reading this material, please meet with your primary care physician or health care provider.
Subjects covered in this section:
(Click on each topic for more information)
What is Behcet's disease?
How is Behcet's diagnosed? (Incl. International Classification Criteria of 1989)
Other symptoms related to Behcet's
What causes Behcet's, and how will it affect my family and my life?
What is it like after 30+ years of symptoms?
