Title: High Blood Pressure Can Be a Cause of Vision Problems
Headings: High Blood Pressure Can Be a Cause of Vision Problems
High Blood Pressure Can Be a Cause of Vision Problems
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Retinopathy
Optic Neuropathy
Choroidopathy

Content: A sudden increase in blood pressure can also cause the optic nerve to swell. Along with vision changes, which may include dimmed or double vision, swelling of the optic nerve can cause symptoms such as headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Although lowering your blood pressure with medications, such beta blockers, diuretics, or ACE inhibitors, helps treat hypertensive retinopathy, irreversible eye damage that can lead to permanent vision impairment may occur. Optic Neuropathy
Nerve damage to the eye can occur when reduced or blocked blood flow damages the optic nerve. Although the condition may cause only temporary vision loss, permanent damage, which can lead to blindness, may occur when the optic nerve doesn't get enough oxygen and treatment is delayed. Treatment involves controlling blood pressure, which is a risk factor for atherosclerosis — the buildup of fatty deposits in the walls of arteries. This buildup narrows the arteries, causing the loss of blood supply and nutrients to the optic nerve. Choroidopathy
Choroidopathy, which is the buildup of fluid under the retina, can cause retinal scarring and distorted vision or a blind spot at the center of your field of vision. Generally, the condition affects just one eye at a time, but sometimes, it can occur in both eyes at the same time. Small tears in the retinal pigment layer cause a leakage of fluid.