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Health & Wellbeing Health & Wellbeing High blood pressure: the possible effect on eyes High blood pressure can damage blood vessels in the retina – this is called hypertensive retinopathy. The retina or film layer of the eye has infinite delicate blood vessels that can be affected by various medical conditions and eye diseases. Detrimental changes in the retinal blood vessels can occur when high blood pressure is not controlled, which may cause a loss of vision that can become permanent. The higher the blood pressure and the longer it has been high, the more severe the damage. Symptoms may include double vision or dim vision, headaches, visual disturbances and sometimes sudden vision loss. Sudden symptoms can be a medical emergency. Unfortunately, most people with hypertensive retinopathy do not have symptoms until late in the disease. However, some may report decreased or blurred vision and others experience headaches. Some of the signs a comprehensive retinal eye examination will detect include retinal arteriolar narrowing, arterio-venous crossing changes, retinal with Rowena Beckenham haemorrhages and exudates, retinal microaneurysms, macular and optic disc oedema. Your optometrist should be asking you for a full medical history in relation to current medications and any personal or family history of high blood pressure and refer back to general practitioners for review if signs are detected in the eyes. Comment supplied by Rowena Beckenham, of Beckenham Optometrist in Avalon (9918 0616). Rowena has been involved in all facets of independent private practice optometry in Avalon for 16 years, in addition to working as a consultant to the optometric and pharmaceutical industry, and regularly volunteering in Aboriginal eyecare programs in regional NSW. 46 SEPTEMBER <strong>2017</strong> The Local Voice Since 1991
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