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Hypertensive retinopathy is damage to the retina due to high blood pressure (i.e. hypertension).
The retina is one of the “target organs” that are damaged by sustained hypertension. Subjected to excessively high blood pressure over prolonged time, the small blood vessels that involve the eye are damaged, thickening, bulging and leaking.
Early signs of retinopathy correlate less well with mortality and morbidity than used to be thought, but signs of accelerated or “malignant” hypertension indicate severe illness.
Most patients with hypertensive retinopathy present without visual symptoms, however, some may report decreased vision or headaches.
Signs of damage to the retina caused by hypertension include:
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