Gastrointestinal Behçet's disease: A review

Table 3 Disease activity index for intestinal Behçet’s disease

Item	Score
General well-being in the preceding week
Well	0
Fair	10
Poor	20
Very poor	30
Terrible	40
Fever
< 38 °C	0
≥ 38 °C	10
Extraintestinal manifestations	5 points for each manifestation1
Abdominal pain in the preceding week
None	0
Mild	20
Moderate	40
Severe	80
Abdominal mass
None	0
Palpable mass	10
Abdominal tenderness
None	0
Mildly tender	10
Moderately or severely tender	20
Intestinal complications	10 points for each complication2
Number of liquid stools in the preceding week
0	0
1-7	10
8-21	20
22-35	30
≥ 36	40
Total score
Severity of disease
Quiescent Intestinal BD	≤ 19
Mild intestinal BD	20-39
Moderate intestinal BD	40-74
Severe intestinal BD	≥ 75

¹Five points are added for each type of the following manifestations: oral ulcer, genital ulcers, eye lesions, skin lesions or arthralgia. 15 points are added for each of the following: vascular involvement or central nervous system involvement;

²Fistula, perforation, abscess or intestinal obstruction. Adapted from Cheon et al[89]. BD: Behçet’s disease.