High Blood Pressure and Your Eyes

 


High Blood Pressure Affects the Eyes Badly

  1. Many of  you may not know that eye ball is not only a combination eye muscles and some other tissues, Of course yes it has some muscle tissues, optic nerves, blood capillaries and a cavity filled with dense liquid specifically known as " aqueous humor".
  2. You may not know that this water in the eye bulb's cavity also has a pressure too and this pressure directly associated with the blood pressure.
  3. This intraocular pressure fluctuate as the blood pressure of a person rises or falls.  
  4. If a person feels pressure in the eyes, restlessness in the eyes or eyes turned red, that could be a sign of that person's hypertension or a rise in blood pressure for a longer period of time while stayed untreated.
  5. If hypertension stayed for longer period of time without any caution or treatment then a continuous increase in the pressure if aqueous humor may result in serious complications i.e. may cause damage of retina, may cause rupture of tiny blood capillaries inside the eye or it may damage the eye muscles. 
  6. So, to live a happy life, visit physician on regular basis, keep eye on the health of your eyes by trying to keep your blood pressure normal.
  7. In few days I'll bring some more information about what FDA recommends for your eyes' health/