How can an optician tell you suffer from high blood pressure by looking into the eye?!?
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High Plood Pressure- Hypertension - makes its mark in the eyes in \nseveral ways; on the retina, as seen with an opthalmosocope there is a \nnetwork of small blood vessels supplying the tissues of the eye. These \nare interlocked and in many places cross over each other; in \nhypertension, distortions occur causing variable thickness in the \nvessels so that an effect of "nipping" occurs at the crossings. \n Further, leakage from pover pressurized vessels leads to small flame \nshaped haemorrhages ( blood spots) on the back of the eye, and cotton \nwool like exudates (seepages of serum) into the glassy substance of the \neyeball( vitrous)\n If blood pressure is brought down and kept down - ( sometimes not \nalways as complete a process as we physicians would like)- then these \nprocesses should cease, and gradually reverse. The blood vessels should \nrevert to normal especially, if there is also a low fat regimen, while \nthe haemorrhages, like bruises elsewhere, should be re-absorbed - over \ntime as the circulation of the eye is not particularly rich. The \nexudates however may well persist for a considerable time, as there is \nno blood circulation into the vitreous ( this would make for a lack of \ntransparency!). Drainage is poor and the exudates are quite viscous.\n So changes may well persist for some time after blood pressure is \ntreated but should at any rate be limited \n\n-- \nMichael Martin-Smith
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maybe you have accidently sctratched the iris of your eye. perhaps a trip to the opticians would be a good idea.
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Chances are, your blood pressure is a combination of excess weight, lack of physical exercise, high salt intake, and genetics.  When you go to the doctor tomorrow, he/she will take your blood pressue (most likely twice).  Two readings that are high will classify you as having hypertension (the word doctors use for high blood pressure).  That's all they use to diagnose you.  You are young to have high blood pressure, but it is becoming more common in younger people due to lifestyle.\n\nBlood pressure should be less than 120 for the top number (systolic number) and less than 80 for the bottom number (diastolic number).  Chances are, your doctor will recommend some lifestyle changes and will give you the opportunity to lower your blood pressure with better diet and exercise.  When you come back for a visit, if there is no improvement (if your numbers did not drop) you will be given a antihypertensive medication.  Then you will go from there.  The doctor will bring you back for a checkup until your blood pressure gets lowered.\n\nIf your pressure is not improved, there could be other causes for the high blood pressure such as pheochromocytoma (a rare, but usually benign, tumor), renal artery stenosis, or some other rare causes.  But this is most likely not the case.  Your doctor will be better able to evaluate this.\n\nLowering your weight by about 10-15 pounds can do wonders for your blood pressure.\n\nIt's nothing to stress about as long as you get it under control.  If it remains high (at your current level, or goes up), in the long run you can get damage to organs such as your kidneys, eyes, and enlargement of your heart.\n\nRight now, relax, go to the doctor, and focus on improving your eating habits and getting more exercise.  Your doctor will be more specific.
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It can be very freaky when this happens. I suffer from it myself sometimes when I am stressed or tired. There is no cure that I know of that will get rid of it. but I find if I gently rub the area it calms down after a while.\nBasically it is just a muscle spasm. We get it sometimes in other parts of the body all the time but don't necessarliy notice. \nTo put your mind totally at ease, pop to your local optician. They will be able to check the health of not just your eye but your blood pressure and other health issues too.............. unbelievable but true. The eyes tell us so much!!\nIt may be that you have slight eye strain too. You may need to have a pair of low prescription glasses which will aid your vision and take the stress from your eyes. \nHave a couple of days away from the computer if you can. or make sure you take lots of breaks away from it. This can sometimes cause slight strain if you are sat too close or for a long period of time.\n\nGood luck
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you need to get your blood pressure checked asap. blurred vision, vertigo n headache are all symptoms of high blood pressure.
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simple boss... eyes become red because the nerves in the eyes get strained. if u concentrate on a part of the body and strain it ... u can make it become red. look constantly at the same point. that strains ur eyes muscles and the blood pressure increses in the eyes. thus they become red.
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High blood pressure often has no signs or symptoms. The only way to find out if you have high blood pressure is to be tested for it. You can find out if you have high blood pressure by having your blood pressure checked regularly at your family doctor. Most doctors will diagnose a person with high blood pressure on the basis of two or more readings, taken on several occasions. A consistent blood pressure reading of 140/90 mm Hg or higher is considered high blood pressure, another term for hypertension. Some people experience high blood pressure only when they visit the doctor's office. This condition is called "white-coat hypertension." If your doctor suspects this, you may be asked to monitor your blood pressure at home or asked to wear a device called an ambulatory blood pressure monitor. This device is usually worn for 24 hours and can take blood pressure every 30 minutes.
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it's pressure and blood flow...  this sensation of course you know soon fades...\n\nthe optical nerve fills with blood while you are pressing on it and that's what it looks like.. normally the blood circulation looks like swirling clouds in your eyes when the lids are shut.\n\n:D
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yes go to an optometrist
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You may have blocked tear ducts, thats something the doc will help you with
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Try monitoring yout BP more closely to evaluate you present condition\n\nhttp://www.highbloodpressuremedicationsite.com/
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Go to the Eye doctor!
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Could be inner ear or high blood pressure
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If it was me, I would say it was my allergies. I get headaches from the pressure and it feels like the headaches are in my eyes.\n\nClaritin
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See an optometrist, don't let it go.
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No way to tell his prescription without seeing his glasses. You can't just pull a number out of your ass and give it to a reputable doctor and get glasses from it. He needs to see a doctor to get a prescription.
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Read what "brucie" had to say.  It's perfect. Although, I will apologize for him since anyone who is not in the field probably won't have a full understanding of what he's talking about, but he nailed it none-the-less, even if you have to use a dictionary!  I'll just help a little, so your high school classmates won't get bored...\n\nA comprehensive eye exam has many steps.\n1. Unaided and aided visual acuities (how well you can see with and without glasses or contacts)\n2. detailed case history including detailed health history and list of medications. (any problems? how long?...)\n3. Objective measurements of the refractive state of the eye and corneal curvature readings. (usually done by automatic machines that take measurements and can accurately estimate your refractive power (your glasses prescription).  the curvature readings are also done with a machine and is the main test for contact lens wearers to make sure they fit right, also looks for abnormal surfaces)\n4.Gross observation of muscle deviations and movement. (checking motility by making you move your eyes in certain ways, left, up and left, down, etc, to make sure youre muscles work together and correctly)\n5. Confrontation fields (checks for possible blind spots or a decrease in your field of vision, as a screening, the most used method is finger counting in peripheral areas of vision and recording any section missed)\n7. Bio-microscopic examination of the anterior portion of the eye. (looking through the microscope at the front portion of your eye including your cornea and lens)\n8. Subjective refractive status ( better 1 or 2) distance and near (the machine that houses all the lenses is called a phoropter, this is how you get a glasses prescription, all those lenses have different powers, and whichever you like best becomes your prescription)\n9. Pressure readings for Glaucoma (some doctors use the "puff of air test" which measures the resistance of your eye to the air and records it with a number. Most use a blue light that attaches to the biomicroscope and actually touches your eye (after they numb it with a drop)and measures the resistance and gives you the number on a dial. Mostly it checks for glaucoma, but other eye conditions can change eye pressure too, that's why it is monitored)\n10. dilation of the pupils (everyone's favorite drops that make the black part of your eye open so the doctor can see into the back of your eye and can last anywhere from 4-24 hours depending on age and strength of drop used, usually 4-6 hrs to get back to normal for your age.)\n11. internal examination for health evaluations (the doctor can look all around in your eye checking for diseases, tears, holes or spots. Most eye diseases can be caught in the early stages with regular dilated eye exams.)\n\nAccording to the National Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 80% of all blindness can be prevented with a yearly eye exam.\n\nGlaucoma (a disease of the optic nerve) goes unnoticed until you've lost 40% of your peripheral vision.  That's crazy! If glaucoma is detected early enough, you can prevent ANY vision loss.\n\nSorry I wrote a whole book, but I remember high school, and I figured I'd help you out.