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Changes in the eye can help predict other health concerns in the body, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. A new study has identified a set of 29 vascular health indicators on the retina ...
The primary disorder is benign essential blepharospasm, in which term the qualifier essential indicates that the cause is unknown. Blepharospasm may occur as secondary to conditions including dry eyes and other specific ocular disease or conditions, Meige's syndrome and other forms of dystonia, and Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.
Semaglutide can raise your risk of dry eye and cause changes in vision, so your doctor may recommend you start artificial tears or change your glasses prescription, if you wear them, he says.
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 ...
Risk of death after a stroke may be increased in those who are noted to have Hollenhorst plaques compared to stroke patients who do not. [2] The most common condition associated with appearance of a Hollenhorst plaque is carotid artery disease, including carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the space inside the vessel).
The new guidelines also identify emerging evidence about surprising health conditions that increase stroke risk. One of these is migraine. For people with migraine, the guidelines recommend ...
Consumption can be fatal, or recovery can occur with permanent neurologic and ophthalmologic deficits. While the visual loss is not very common, increased intracranial pressure can cause bilateral optic disc swelling from cerebral edema. A clue to the cause of intoxication is the presence of oxalate crystals in the urine.
Often referred to as "the silent killer," stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., behind only heart disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. According to the ...