CARDIAC DISEASES AND ITS COMPLICATION IN THE EYES

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease can cause several signs and symptoms, from chest pain, fatigue, and shortness of breath to high blood pressure and abnormal heartbeat. Other than that cardiovascular disease can lead to a variety of signs and symptoms like diminished vision and sudden vision loss and other ocular complications. The common causes which are interrelated with cardiac diseases and eyes are smoking, hypertension, vacuities, dyslipidemia, and hyperlipidemia.  These diseases will lead to atherosclerosis and ischemia, occlusion, and damage to the vasculature of the retina and eyes and lead to inflammatory vascular diseases like hypertensive retinopathy, central retinal artery occlusion, and CRAO, CRVO, CRBO due to ischemia or occlusion by emboli or blood clot, plaque. So the common symptoms are diminished vision and sudden loss of vision. The following retinal changes can be an indication of heart disease they are like hard exudates, aneurysms, soft exudates, and pale retinas. This is the reason why a regular comprehensive eye examination is needed for all individuals As preventive and control measures and treatment of hypertension, regular ocular examination and de-addiction of smoking, regular walking, exercise, and following Rutucharya and Dinacharya, Rutushodhana following Ayurvedic Netrakriyakalpa regularly one can avoid these diseases and its complications.

Keywords: Cardiac Diseases, Eye Diseases, Netra Kriya Kalpa, Retina.