Eye
photos for high blood pressure? Why? When you visit us for your comprehensive
eye exam we will perform a very careful examination of the inside of your eye
so that we can study the health of the blood vessels and the retina itself, as
this is an indication of your overall blood vessel health. Your primary care
doctor will also take the time to do a more cursory examination of the retina
and blood vessels-especially if you have diabetes or high blood pressure.
Recently, a phone based app was developed to help emergency room physicians quickly
evaluate the retina and photograph it to help make quicker and more accurate
diagnoses of high blood pressure related emergencies. Sometimes high blood pressure
can result of narrowing of the retinal blood vessels, blockage of blood vessels
and even bleeding or hemorrhages. If you have high blood pressure that causes
changes in your retinal blood vessels we may even ask to photograph your when
you have an eye exam.
If you or someone you know has high blood
pressure it is important to have regular eye exams at the recommended times you
doctor requests. Please schedule an eye exam. Please call D’Ambrosio Eye
Care at 800-325-3937, visit D’Ambrosio Eye Care, Google+ or
facebook.com/dambrosioeyecare so that we can help.
D'Ambrosio Eye Care provides eye care for patients throughout
greater Boston, central and western Massachusetts with office locations at 479
Old Union Turnpike, Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523, 865 Merriam Avenue, Suite
119, Leominster, Massachusetts 01453, 100 Powder Mill Road, Acton,
Massachusetts 01720, 413 Main Street, Athol, Massachusetts 01331 and 74 Main
Street, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440 or 255 Park Avenue, Suite 606, Worcester, MA 01609.
