Eye Doctors Share 6 Health Concerns They Can Spot In Your Eye Before You Realise Anything Is Wrong

They're not all directly related to your eye, either.

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Unfortunately, many diseases aren’t always straightforward and simple like we want them to be.

For starters, certain health conditions don’t always present with symptoms. Even COVID-19, for example, can be asymptomatic, causing the number of cases to rise. Plus, illnesses can share symptoms. If you’ve ever googled “how to tell if you have a cold, allergies or COVID,” you’re familiar with that.

Along those lines, you might be surprised to hear that symptoms of certain health problems can be spotted in your eye, of all places — even if they aren’t eye diseases.

“Your eyes can reveal a lot about your overall health, often before you notice any changes yourself,” said Dr. Yuna Rapoport, a board-certified ophthalmologist and the founder and director of Manhattan Eye.

Ahead, she and another ophthalmologist share health concerns they can see in your eye, what treatment looks like, how often to see an ophthalmologist and when further medical attention is needed.

While a health care provider typically uses your arm to check your blood pressure, your eyes provide information about it, too.

In fact, “the blood vessels that help to serve the retina are the only microvasculature that can be observed in the body in a non-invasive fashion,” according to Dr. Benjamin Bert, a board-certified ophthalmologist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California. But how?

Basically, consistently high blood pressure can make the walls of the small arteries thick and stiff, leading to pinching and squeezing of the veins.

“In severe cases, the arteries can squeeze against the veins so strongly that it causes a blockage, leading to a retinal vein occlusion,” Bert continued. “Hypertension can also be observed in the retina by the tortuosity, or the curving of the........

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