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  2. Ocular ischemic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Ocular ischemic syndrome is the constellation of ocular signs and symptoms secondary to severe, chronic arterial hypoperfusion to the eye. [1] Amaurosis fugax is a form of acute vision loss caused by reduced blood flow to the eye; it may be a warning sign of an impending stroke, as both stroke and retinal artery occlusion can be caused by thromboembolism due to atherosclerosis elsewhere in the ...

  3. Glaucoma - Wikipedia

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    Other factors can cause glaucoma, known as "secondary glaucoma", including prolonged use of steroids (steroid-induced glaucoma); conditions that severely restrict blood flow to the eye, such as severe diabetic retinopathy and central retinal vein occlusion (neovascular glaucoma); ocular trauma (angle-recession glaucoma); plateau iris; and ...

  4. Amaurosis fugax - Wikipedia

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    Temporary vasospasm leading to decreased blood flow can be a cause of amaurosis fugax. [14] [15] Generally, these episodes are brief, lasting no longer than five minutes, [16] and have been associated with exercise. [10] [17] These vasospastic episodes are not restricted to young and healthy individuals. "Observations suggest that a systemic ...

  5. Ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Restoration of blood supply to ischemic tissues can cause additional damage known as reperfusion injury that can be more damaging than the initial ischemia. Reintroduction of blood flow brings oxygen back to the tissues, causing a greater production of free radicals and reactive oxygen species that damage cells.

  6. Retinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Fortunately, blood sugar control can have benefits beyond just the eye. A primary care physician can help with blood sugar control strategies. Blood pressure control: Controlling blood pressure can also lower the incidence and progression of retinopathy. A primary care physician can help with blood pressure control strategies.

  7. Flammer syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Best known is the higher risk of normal tension glaucoma, a disease with an impaired regulation of blood flow in a large number of patients. [9] If glaucomatous damage occurs despite normal eye pressure or if glaucomatous damage is progressive despite normalized intraocular pressure, frequently Flammer syndrome is the cause.

  8. Blood–ocular barrier - Wikipedia

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    The blood–ocular barrier is a barrier created by endothelium of capillaries of the retina and iris, ciliary epithelium and retinal pigment epithelium. [1] It is a physical barrier between the local blood vessels and most parts of the eye itself, and stops many substances including drugs from traveling across it. [2]

  9. Hypoxia (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Ischemia, meaning insufficient blood flow to a tissue, can also result in hypoxia in the affected tissues. This is called 'ischemic hypoxia'. Ischemia can be caused by an embolism, a heart attack that decreases overall blood flow, trauma to a tissue that results in damage reducing perfusion, and a variety of other causes.