| High blood pressure and hypertension is a serious | | | | do their medical check up regularly. On top of |
| health condition among both men and women. | | | | that, they'll also have to keep their blood sugar |
| Strokes, coronary disease and other similar | | | | levels, cholesterols and blood pressure low to help |
| life-threatening disease are commonly linked and | | | | prevention of the disease. |
| caused by high blood pressure. | | | | Damage to the blood vessels in your eyes are |
| Aside from those above, high blood pressure can | | | | great when you have high blood pressure, one |
| also damage your eyes. It is called the | | | | way doctors examine if there is a leakage of |
| hypertensive retinopathy, hypertension to the | | | | blood vessels and damage to the retina is to rate |
| blood vessels in our eyes are just as damaging as | | | | it by grade. A grade one means there are no |
| other blood vessels found within your body. | | | | sufficient findings in the blood vessels to suggest |
| The effects are swelling, blurred vision and in the | | | | any leakage, while on a grade four they can |
| most extreme cases, it can cause you to go blind | | | | subsequently conclude that retinopathy is present. |
| because hypertensive retinopathy can cause | | | | The diagnosis is based on the swelling of macula |
| leakages in the blood vessels of your eyes. | | | | and the optic nerves, which is the swelling that |
| This is especially pressing for those who are | | | | can degrade your vision. |
| diabetics, because the possibility of developing | | | | Hypertension and high blood pressure are highly |
| diabetic retinopathy is even higher when both | | | | dangerous, and dub the name silent killer in our |
| conditions are presented together. According to | | | | world today. Frequent check up, exercises and |
| professionals in the medical field, nearly half the | | | | nutrition are detrimental to your health; therefore |
| people with diabetes will at some point develop | | | | you should always keep your body and mind in an |
| diabetic retinopathy. It starts off with mild vision | | | | excellent state. |
| but can quickly escalate to loss of sight. | | | | Start becoming aware of any form of variation |
| Since early detection can provide the much | | | | to your vision because most people are just not |
| needed time and buffer to treat diabetic | | | | careful enough when it comes to their own health! |
| retinopathy, patients with diabetics are advised to | | | | |