Is Behcet's disease contagious? No.

Behcet's disease is a chronic systemic vascular inflammatory disease. The most obvious symptoms are recurrent genital ulcers, oral ulcers, and skin lesions. Many people are afraid that Behcet's disease is contagious, but in fact, this disease is not contagious.

1. Is Behcet's disease contagious to others?

Generally speaking, Behcet's disease is also called Behcet's syndrome. In clinical practice, the most common symptoms of Behcet's disease are oral ulcers, genital ulcers, and iridocyclitis. Lack of overall understanding of the disease and inattention to dietary knowledge may aggravate the condition and lead to loss of the opportunity to receive the best treatment option.

Generally speaking, vascular inflammation caused by Behcet's disease can cause vascular necrosis, rupture or lumen stenosis, and thrombosis, which can further cause damage to organs or tissues related to the diseased blood vessels. As we all know, human blood vessels are distributed throughout the body. It should be noted that Behcet's disease is an autoimmune disease, and oral mucosal ulcers are a type of sterile inflammation, so Behcet's disease is not contagious.

It should be noted that patients with Behcet's disease should not eat hard or hot food when they have oral lesions. During the oral ulcer period, patients should be given liquid diet, such as milk, broth, etc., and avoid hard, overheated and irritating foods to prevent damage or aggravation of oral ulcers and cause pain. At the same time, patients should be encouraged to eat small amounts slowly to increase nutrition, strengthen physical fitness and promote recovery.

2. Understand the symptoms of the disease

All body systems are affected, and the most common ones are the oral cavity, skin, genitals and eyes. The central nervous system, blood vessels and digestive tract are all severely affected, and the incidence is higher in males. Japanese scholars reported that the incidence rates of damage to various organ systems are: oral ulcers 100%, rash 90%, external genital ulcers 97%, eye damage 79%. Eye damage is more common in males than in females, with incidence rates of 90% and 40% respectively. Damage to other systems includes the central nervous system 28%, digestive system 20%, cardiovascular system 15%, and joints 15%. Huang Zhengji et al. analyzed the incidence rates of various clinical manifestations of Behcet's disease in my country and found them to be: oral ulcers 99%, eye lesions 43.2%, external genital lesions 73.6%, skin lesions 96.8%, nervous system 26%, large blood vessels 8.7%, digestive tract 8.4%, and arthritis 60.9%.

Is Behcet's disease contagious to others? If you really have Behcet's disease, then you should treat the disease in time. Of course, when treating this disease, you should choose the appropriate treatment method based on the patient's own condition.