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Can high blood pressure affect your eye sight?

I am a 32-year-old male who has high blood pressure. Can high blood pressure affect your eye sight?

7 Answers

High blood pressure can damage the blood vessels that supply blood to your eyes causing damage to the retina and blurred vision.
Rarely a stroke in the eye or retinal vessels cause visual effects
Absolutely, yes! It can also cause hypertensive retinopathy.
Yes, high blood pressure can cause the blood vessels inside your eyes to leak and bleed. See an ophthalmologist.
Yes. If you have high blood pressure and your vision has changed, you need to see an eye MD soon.
Yes. The circulation into each eye is carried by small blood vessels that can be damaged by high blood pressure.
Absolutely!