How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Vision

Hypertension happens when the pressure within your blood vessels increases. This can lead to thickening of their walls, which may result in vasoconstriction. Vasoconstriction may cause reduced blood flow to your different organs, including your eyes, leading to hypertensive retinopathy. Let your expert eye doctor from Six One Six Vision Center discuss this condition in detail.

Effects of High Blood Pressure on Your Eyesight

The retina–the light-sensitive layer at the back of your eyes–converts light rays into nerve signals. The optic nerve then sends these signals to the brain to complete the image translation cycle. Increased systemic blood pressure, however, may cause reduced nutrient and oxygen delivery to your retinal vascular system, affecting its processes and functions. You may experience vision changes if this is left untreated.

Typical Signs and Symptoms

According to your reliable optometrist, hypertensive retinopathy usually manifests when your hypertension is advanced or if you’ve had it for a relatively long time. You may notice having blurry or dimmed vision when looking at far and near objects. You may also experience frequent headaches. Without prompt management, you may suffer total and permanent vision loss as well.

Our Suggested Remedies

When it comes to managing hypertensive retinopathy, our main goal is to properly regulate your blood pressure levels. Compliance with your doctor’s prescribed antihypertensive medications, as well as lifestyle and diet modifications, are important to maintaining your eyes and overall health.

We also emphasize the importance of regular eye exams, especially for those who are diabetic or at risk of developing sight-threatening conditions. This can help in their immediate identification, so we can provide prompt management. The sooner we diagnose issues, the better chances we have of preventing their progression and maintaining your vision.

For premier eye care, turn to Six One Six Vision Center. From comprehensive eye exams to high-quality eyeglasses, you can count on us. Call us today at (208) 514-1858 or complete our form to schedule an appointment. We serve Eagle, Meridian, and nearby Idaho areas.

COVID-19

To our Six One Six Vision Center Families,

Our office is fully open to serve your eye care needs. We cannot wait to see you in our office again! With the health and safety of our team and patients at the forefront of our minds, the following changes have taken place while we all do our part to fight this pandemic:

We ask that if you are experiencing a fever, shortness of breathe, or a cough that you reschedule your visit at this time.

We are asking our patients to complete as much of the typical intake paperwork and collecting of insurance information electronically to reduce the amount of team members they need to be exposed to at the office.

We have very strict cleanliness procedures for anyone who comes in to our office at every point of their visit to lower risk of potential infection.

Now more than ever, we need to take care of ourselves, our families, and our communities as best we can, while practicing safe social distancing recommendations. We will get through these difficult times together, and I promise you our office and our team will be here to support you as best we can during these changes, and will be even stronger once we can return to normal care.

Be well, stay strong, take care of each other.

– Six One Six Vision Center Team

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