Your Heart & Eyes

It’s amazing how the eyes can tell emotions and illnesses. Looking into the inner parts of your eyes may be able to identify other abnormalities that indicate diseases of the heart and of the blood vessels. Narrowing blood vessels, swelling, microaneurysms, and leaking of fluid from blood vessels may indicate complications from diabetes and high blood pressure. When retinal blood vessels either to or from the heart are clogged by blood clots, inflammatory cells, or fatty deposits, a “stroke in the eye” can occur. The heart delivers oxygen and essential nutrients to the different parts of the body. Any problem that occurs with how the heart is functioning will affect the functioning of the eyes. Make sure to stay up to date with your eye exams, early signs of heart disease may manifest in the eyes before any other organ.