Can Hypertension Make Minus Eyes More Severe?
There is an assumption
that is trusted by the community, namely if someone who has experienced a minus
eye is also affected by hypertension or high blood pressure, the minus eye
condition becomes more severe. Actually, is this presumption in accordance with
medical facts?
Health expert from the
Indonesian Ophthalmologist Association (PERDAMI) dr. Rina La Distia Nora, SpM
(K), PhD said that hypertension that is not well controlled can actually affect
the condition of eye health. This is caused by the influence of the condition
of the blood vessels that have a large effect on the eyes.
"Hypertension is
directly related to blood vessels. In fact, there are also many blood vessels
in the retina of the eye. People with high blood pressure have blood vessels
that tend to be stiff so they can inhibit blood flow. This condition has a big
effect on eye health, "said Dr. Rina.
However, this eye
health disorder associated with hypertension is hypertensive retinopathy that
affects the condition of the retina and is not associated with a minus eye condition.
"So hypertensive
retinopathy has many levels. The more severe the condition of hypertensive
retinopathy, the greater the visual impairment that arises because the nerves
of his eyes have been affected, "explained Dr. Rina.
When experiencing high
blood pressure, the walls of blood vessels in the retina will become thicker.
This will trigger narrowing of the arteries and make the blood supply to the
retina decrease. This condition damages the nerves and eventually causes vision
problems. In some cases, this can even affect blindness.
Health experts refer to
those who have long-term hypertension, heart disease, atherosclerotic
conditions or rigid blood vessels, people with diabetes, people with high
cholesterol, obese people, those who like to eat foods with high salt content,
hobbies for smoking, hobby of drinking alcohol, and who exposed to stress as
the people most vulnerable to hypertensive retinopathy. Symptoms of this health
problem are a gradual decrease in vision, swelling of the eyes, double vision,
headaches, and rupture of blood vessels.
In order to prevent
this health problem, people with hypertension must be very good at controlling
their blood pressure.
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