
Behçet’s Medical Factsheets
Medical Factsheets: for use by members, patients, clinicians, and NHS staff
Our medical factsheets are written by medical professionals who specialise in Behçet’s, and offer authoritative medical advice.
1. Overview of Behçet’s 2022
2. Behçet’s Patients Guide (by patients) 2024
3. Behçet’s Scientific Information 2023
4. Treatment of Behçet’s 2022
5. Eyes and Behçet’s 2022
6. Brain and Behçet’s 2018
7. Skin and Behçet’s 2022
8. Blood vessels and Behçet’s 2022
9. Intestinal complications of Behçet’s 2022
10. Heart and Behçet’s 2022
11. Kidneys and Behçet’s 2022
12. Pregnancy and Behçet’s 2023
13. Behçet’s in Children 2022
14. Mouth ulcers and Behçet’s 2018
15. Headache in Behçet’s 2018
16. Neuro-Behçet’s 2023
17. Arthritis and pain in Behçet’s 2023
18. Menopause and Behçet’s 2025
List of common terms and definitions 2023
These factsheets are also available in audio format
The BAD and BSR living guideline for managing people with Behçets 2025
The British Association of Dermatologists and British Society for Rheumatology living guideline for managing people with Behçets was first published in 2024 with a second iteration published in September 2025.
Behçet’s Living Guideline 2025
Behçet’s Living Guideline 2024
Behçets guidelines PDF
Patient Information Leaflet
Plain Language Summary
Behçet’s: a short guide for General Practitioners

This useful guide provides a succinct overview of Behçet’s for General Practitioners and other medical professionals.
It is also useful for individuals who suspect they may have Behçet’s and are awaiting a diagnosis.
Behçet’s Treatment: Medication and Agreed Drugs Pathway

The NHS England National Behçet’s Syndrome Centres of Excellence provide a Summary on use of Medication used to treat Behçet’s which also includes a link to the agreed drugs pathway.

