The Use of Sucralfate Suspension in the Treatment of Oral and Genital Ulceration of Behçet Disease

A Rare Presentation of Behçet Ulcer on the Vaginal Cuff: Case Report

“…Topical anaesthetics, dapsone, sucralfate, granulocyte colonystimulating factor, cyclosporine, topical and intralesional corticosteroids have been used either alone or in combination, having varying degrees of supporting evidence in the treatment of genital ulcers in BS. [19][20][21][22][23] For the topical treatment of genital ulcer and cutaneous lesions, corticosteroid and antiseptic creams can be applied for a short period of time (7 days). Topical sucralfate reduces the healing duration and pain of genital ulcer.…”

“…Topical sucralfate reduces the healing duration and pain of genital ulcer. 20 Colchicine can be used as a secondline alternative. A recent study has shown that colchicine reduces the occurrence of genital ulcer.…”

Interferon Alfa-2a in the Treatment of Behçet Disease

“…Pain for oral ulcers (OUs) and genital ulcers (GUs) was scored on a scale of 0 to 3 (0 indicates absent; 1, mild; 2, moderate; and 3, severe). The following pain scores, which were based on a system developed by Alpsoy et al 17 for patients with BD, were used. For OUs, 0 indicates no symptoms; 1, mild pain with eating/ drinking and/or speaking; 2, moderate pain and partial difficulty in eating/drinking and/or speaking; and 3, severe pain and marked difficulty in eating/drinking and/or speaking.…”

Tratamiento de la enfermedad de Behçet

“…Los corticoides tópicos o intralesional e s se han mostrado útiles en el tratamiento de las aftas orales y genitales (3). Un reciente estudio a doble ciego ha demostrado que el Sucralfato en suspensión es eficaz para el tratamiento del dolor de las aftas orales y genitales en estos pacientes (4).…”