Medical MCQ-Select the best initial treatment for a patient with Behcet syndrome and ocular involvement

Select the best initial treatment for a patient with Behcet syndrome and ocular involvement

Topical glucocoicoids to the oral ulcers and conjunctiva

Thalidomide

Systemic glucocoicoids and azathioprine

Intralesional interferon A

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Medicine

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Systemic glucocoicoids and azathioprine

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Diagnostic Criteria of Behcet's Syndrome Recurrent oral ulceration Plus 2 of the following: Recurrent genital ulceration Ocular lesions Skin lesions Positive Pathergy test Rx: Condition Treatment Lesion in uveal/ oral cavity Topical Steroids CNS/ocular Systemic steroids Serious cases Thalidomide Recent study Apremilast(Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor) Mucocutaneous manifestations ,Ahritis Colchicine

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