Abstract :
Purpose: Aim of our study is to study the various ocular manifestations and management in hypertensive patients.
Materials and Methods: This was retrospective interventional study conducted over a period of 5 years from January 2016 to December 2020.
All patients of all age group having primary and secondary hypertension, referred from physicians for screening were included.
Exclusion criteria: Patients with associated diabetes mellitus were excluded.
421 patients who presented to our retina clinic underwent detail ocular and systemic examination. BCVA, slit lamp examination, fundus examination, B scan, OCT, FFA and documentation done in all cases. Patients presented with various ocular manifestations were managed based on the clinical status. Consent was taken for the management.
Results: Patients with ischemic retina showed poor outcome, patients with early presentation showed good outcome.
Conclusion: Hypertension is one comorbidity which is responsible for eye problems, need frequent screening, fundus examination is non-invasive procedure which helps in detecting the vascular changes early.
Keyword :
Hypertension, RVO, RAO, AION, OIS, RAM, CKD, SLE, PRE Eclampsia