BEHCET'S DISEASE

Clinical Manifestations
  • Behcet's Disease is a rare immune-mediated small-vessel systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular problems. This is a triple-symptom complex of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and uveitis. As a systemic disease, it can also involve visceral organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and neurological systems. This syndrome can be fatal due to ruptured vascular aneurysms or severe neurological complications.
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Mouth, eye and genital sores of various sizes which are mostly painful
  • The sores are primarily located in the oral cavity
  • Diffuse red-colored macular lesions on the limbs
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • Rapid hungering
  • A clamoring Stomach
  • Possible alcohol addiction
  • Bad breath
  • Swollen, painful gums
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Dispel Dampness
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Oral, eye or genital sores which endure and do not close
  • Pale colored, flat or concave lesions
  • Lassitude
  • Lack of strength
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention and discomfort
  • Loose stools
  • Long, clear urination
  • Cold limbs
  • Maybe low-grade fever
  • Dizziness
  • A distended feeling in the head
  • T: Pale and swollen with teethmarks
  • C: White
  • P: Thready, moderate and slightly slow
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Tonify Qi
  • Eliminate Dampness
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Enduring disease with repeated recurrences
  • Commonly precipitated by Cold and chill in the fall
  • Oral or genital sores which are not particularly painful
  • Sores may be accompanied by cold pain
  • The sores are pale red
  • The sores tend to grow hollow
  • Dry, rough, painful eyes
  • A somber, white facial complexion
  • Dizziness
  • Head distention
  • Fatigue
  • Anorexia
  • Loose stools
  • Abdominal pain better with warmth and pressure
  • Lower and upper back aching and pain
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Easy lower limb and facial edema
  • T: Pale, watery and glossy
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and thready or Deep, slow and forceless
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and supplement the Spleen and Kidneys
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  • Moxa or moxa needle DU-4, REN-4, ST-36, UB-23
    With anorexia: + ST-21
    With a sore throat or mouth sores: + KI-6
    With eye disturbances: + GB-37
    With external genital sores: + REN-1
    With frequent stools
    : + ST-25
    With Blood and pus in the stools: + SP-10, ST-37
    With anemia: + UB-43
    With impotence and decreased sexual desire: + UB-52
    With edema in the lower limbs: + REN-9, SP-9
    With undigested food in the stool and "cockcrow" diarrhea: + SP-9, ST-21
Clinical Manifestations
  • Mouth and throat ulcers
  • Genital sores
  • Both eyes are red, burning and hot
  • Maybe yellow matter oozing from the corner of the eyes
  • Generalized fever
  • Heart agitation
  • Chest fullness
  • Flank pain
  • A bitter/sticky taste in the mouth
  • Yellow vaginal discharge
  • Testicular swelling and pain
  • A desire to sleep but cannot
  • Restless sleep
  • Constipation or
  • Uneasy defecation
  • Maybe joint pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Slimy and yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Drain Fire
  • Dry Dampness
  • Resolve toxicity
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Clinical Manifestations
  • During the mid to later stages of the disease or due to prolonged steroid use, there oral and genital sores that do not heal
  • The sores are dark red and insidiously painful
  • Dry, rough eyes
  • Dark orbits of the eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Photophobia
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Insomnia
  • Night sweats
  • Low back and knee pain and weakness
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish the Liver and Kidneys
  • Nourish Yin
  • Clear Heat
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Enduring disease which does not heal
  • Repeated occurrences
  • Oral and genital sores which do not heal
  • The sores may or may not be painful
  • Dark colored sores, especially the borders
  • Decreased visual acuity
  • Pale-red or purple-red nodular skin lesions
  • Maybe hematuria
  • Maybe hemafecia
  • A somber, white facial complexion
  • Scanty Qi
  • Disinclination to speak
  • Heart palpitations
  • Fearful throbbing
  • Dizziness
  • Lack of strength
  • T: Pale
  • C: White with possible static macules or spots
  • P: Thready and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Transform Stasis
  • Unblock the channels
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Relatively advanced sores of all sizes in the genital region
  • The area is covered in yellowish-white, thick, turbid matter or which exudes pus
  • The lesions and surrounded by painful redness and swelling
  • The sores make movement difficult
  • Lower abdominal fullness and cramping
  • Maybe a red colored macular rash on the external genitalia or lower limbs
  • This rash may be nodular or have a puss-filled head with severe aching pain
  • Urination is short and red or hot
  • Astringent, painful, strangurious urination
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow or Yellow at the root or Yellow and slimy at the root
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Relieve toxicity
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Intense fever
  • Strong thirst
  • Dry heaves
  • Severe, stabbing headache
  • Extreme irritability
  • Delirious speech (severe)
  • Rash (severe)
  • Epistaxis (severe)
  • Maculae
  • Mania
  • Convulsions
  • Lips chapped, dark and scorched
  • Coma
  • Hematemesis
  • Extreme coldness of the extremities
  • Restlessness
  • Spasms or convulsions
  • Blurred vision
  • T: Dark red
  • C: Dry or prickly
  • P: Deep, thin and rapid or Floating, large and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Cool the Blood
  • Drain Fire
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