How can diagnose type of hypertension from eye examination

 

You can easily know if the patient has acute or chronic hypertension through.

Signs of Acute hypertension crisis

 

1) Choroidopathy :

• Elschning spots small black spots surrounded by yellow hallos which represent focal choroidal infarcts.

• Siegrist streaks flecks arrange of linearly infarcts along choroidal vessels indication of fibroid necrosis.

2) Retina:

• cotton wool spots
• Exudative retinal detachment bilateral may occure in toxaemis of pregnancy.

3) Optic disc:

• can see sign of papilloedema.

 

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