Eye related symptoms of Behcets disease
What are the ophthalmologic manifestations of Behcets disease?
Anterior/posterior uveitis, conjunctivitis, corneal ulceration, papillitis, and retinal vasculitis.
Ocular lesions occur in 80% to 90% of men and 70% of women. Uveitis is typically a bilateral, episodic panuveitis.
Blindness is limited mostly to patients with posterior involvement (posterior uveitis, retinal vasculitis, optic neuritis) and occurs on average 4 years after the onset of Behçet’s disease.
Men get more severe ocular disease. All patients with Behçet’s disease need ophthalmologic screening.
