New Delhi, June 5 -- People usually associate high blood pressure with heart attacks or strokes but few realise it can silently damage their vision too. From minor vision blurring to sudden eye strokes, hypertension can have serious consequences on ocular health that often go unnoticed until they become permanent.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Priyanka Singh (MBBS, MS, DNB, FAICO), Consultant and Eye Surgeon at Neytra Eye Centre in New Delhi, emphasized the lesser known yet critical link between blood pressure and eye health. She revealed how elevated BP levels can impact your vision -

High BP can affect the delicate blood vessels of retina, leading to a condition called hypertensive retinopathy. This results in visual disturban...