17/05/2026
What exactly is Hypertension? 🤨🧐
Also known as high blood pressure, Hypertension, in its its early stages, doesn't give you a warning sign. Let's unpack this...
Think of your circulatory system as the plumbing in a house. Your heart is the main water pump, and your blood vessels are the pipes.
In a healthy body, those pipes are flexible and stretchy, easily expanding to let blood flow smoothly. But with Hypertension, those pipes become stiff and narrow and rigid.
So, because the pathway is restricted, your heart has to work twice as hard, pushing blood through the system just to keep it moving.
But there is one place where it cannot hide, at the back of your eyes. During a routine eye exam, an Optometrist looks at your retina and they get a direct view of your body's microscopic blood vessels without surgery. It is the only place on the human body where this is possible.
This World Hypertension Day, know that an eye test isn’t just about seeing clearly, it is actually a very important window into your cardiovascular health.
Make sure to get tested!
