Thursday 11 Sep/2025 – 02:03 AM
Identify health experts, the relationship between Heart health And vision, as it turns out that those who develop a heart attack, may also face an increased risk of vision problems, including partial blindness, and low blood flow and damage to heart disease, can affect the eyes, which leads to long -term complications if they are left without treatment.
The heart attack, which occurs due to chronic cardiovascular problems, is the main cause of death around the world, and cardiovascular diseases can lead to a variety of symptoms, including chest pain or pressure, exhaustion, and shortness of breath, as well as high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat, according to what was published in the Times Now newspaper.
Study: Heart attack may harm the health of sight
According to the results of a new study, people with heart attacks also suffer from vision problems, not necessarily due to the disease itself, but because of common organic health problems, and that weak blood flow, infections, and blood vessels damage affects the retina, which causes lack of vision, vision loss, or even other diseases related to heart disease, as emerging evidence indicates that poor eyesight in heart attacks is common and linked to With worse health results, which confirms the importance of eye health in caring for cardiovascular disease.
High blood pressure
High blood pressure can damage the lining of the arteries due to the nutritional fat that spreads in the bloodstream, and these damaged arteries lose their flexibility, which leads to low blood pressure and an increase in the risk of eye and heart disease.
High cholesterol
Cholesterol in the eye leads to a blockage of blood vessels that nourish the retina.
Diabetic
If you suffer from diabetes, this condition can increase the risk of heart disease and eye problems.
Eye problems associated with heart disease
- The blockage of the retinal arteries, which occurs due to the blockage of the arteries
- A mesh vein blockage is a type of stroke in the eye that occurs as a result of high blood pressure.
- Transient vision loss is a temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes, and it may last from seconds to 30 minutes or more.
- Optical nerve disease caused by high blood pressure occurs due to damage to nerve fibers, which stops blood supply.
- Strokes occur in the occipital lobe due to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes.
Methods of maintaining health and heart
- Smoking quitting
- Exercise regularly
- Eat a healthy and balanced diet.
- Keep your weight under control.
- Get at least eight to nine hours of sleep a day without organization
- Reducing your stress levels.
- Make an appointment to check with your doctor regularly.
