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Hypertensive retinopathy. Hypertensive retinopathy. Hypertensive retinopathy with AV nicking and mild vascular tortuosity. Specialty. Synonyms = Latin: Fundus hypertonicus. Hypertensive retinopathy is damage to the retina and retinal circulation due to high blood pressure (i.e. hypertension).
Ocular hypertension is the presence of elevated fluid pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure), usually with no optic nerve damage or visual field loss. [1][2]
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), previously known as pseudotumor cerebri and benign intracranial hypertension, is a condition characterized by increased intracranial pressure (pressure around the brain) without a detectable cause. [2] The main symptoms are headache, vision problems, ringing in the ears, and shoulder pain. [1][2] Complications may include vision loss. [2] This ...
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. [ 11 ] High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms itself. [ 1 ] It is, however, a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral ...
Ocular hypertension is the most important risk factor for glaucoma. Intraocular pressure has been measured as an outcome in a systematic review comparing the effect of neuroprotective agents in slowing the progression of open angle glaucoma.
Hypertensive encephalopathy is most commonly encountered in young and middle-aged people who have hypertension. [7][8][9] Overall, the condition is rare even among people with hypertension. Studies report that from 0.5 to 15% of people with malignant hypertension develop hypertensive encephalopathy. [10][11][12][13] With the development of methods for detection and treatment of hypertension ...
The pathophysiology of hypertension is an area which attempts to explain mechanistically the causes of hypertension, which is a chronic disease characterized by elevation of blood pressure. Hypertension can be classified by cause as either essential (also known as primary or idiopathic) or secondary.
Doctors have some theories as to why many young adults with hypertension , or uncontrollable high blood pressure, aren't aware of it.