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Hypertensive Retinopathy
Hypertensive retinopathy is basically a medical term indicating the damage of the retina of the eye of the patient due to high blood pressure
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The high blood pressure of the eye leads to damage of the retina of the eye. The patients who suffer from diabetes, smoke heavily, have high cholesterol level, etc are more prone to this disease. This disease may also be caused due to malignant hypertension at times. Patients suffering from diseases such as retinal vein occlusion, ischemic optic neuropathy, and retinal artery occlusion may also suffer from this disease
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The patient suffering from hypertensive retinopathy has the following symptoms:-
- The patient may suffer from dull vision.
- There may be episodes of headaches and visual disturbances
There is no known prevention of this disease rather than to control high blood pressure
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The patient needs to keep the blood pressure in control to control this disease. patients with malignant retinopathy are put on radiation therapy and chemotherapy for the treatment of this disease |
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