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Health News Archive 231 - Glaucoma
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Relationship Between Hypertension and Glaucoma

In a recent study of people with glaucoma, about 29 percent also had high blood pressure, making hypertension much more common in this group than in the general population and causing researchers to speculate that hypertension may play a role in the development of glaucoma.

In a study of 27,080 patients with glaucoma, it was found that 29 percent also had high blood pressure. This is a significantly higher proportion of people with hypertension than in the general population. Hypertension treatment with beta blockers provided some protection from glaucoma, however treatment with Calcium channel blockers or ACE inhibitors provided no protection.  Oral corticosteroid treatment was associated with enhanced risk.

Glaucoma is an eye condition that can lead to blindness. High pressure within the eye gradually damages the optic nerve, causing progressive sight loss.

If you have high blood pressure, control it with weight management, healthy eating, regular exercise, nutritional supplements such as olive leaf extract, CoenzymeQ10, lycopene, and doctor prescribed drugs, and ask your doctor about eye screenings.

Source: Systemic hypertension and glaucoma: mechanisms in common and co-occurrence. Langman, M. J., Lancashire, R. J., Cheng, K. K., Stewart, P. M., The British Journal of Ophthalmology 2005 Aug;89(8):960-963.