To my friends,
My boys bought me a $400 MRI (Calcium Score) a test to see if my arteries were candidates for plaque. Well, this 53yr. old who finished well at our Michigan Masters meet didn't do well on his test. The score goes from 1 to 100 and the closer you get to 100 the chances of plaque in the arteries goes up. I ended up with a 99 and won a visit to a cardiologist who ran a MRI / Stress test. The good news is the drug I'm on (Vitorin) lowered my bad cholesterol and triglicyrides by 1/2 213 to 113 and 113 to 58. Don't wait my friends, get the calcium score and get some piece of mind. I may die today, but heck, I know I tried and I tried to spread the word..
I'm still lifting, biking, and swimming. Running the good race?? :angel::angel::angel:
Former Member
This seems to tie into what was being discussed.
www.osnsupersite.com/view.asp
There might be more on HealthCentral, not sure.
Hypertension, a general cardiovascular disease, can have repercussions throughout the body, including the eye.
“In general, hypertension can predispose you to having a variety of eye problems,” Dr. Kim, a retinal specialist, explained. “It may be as minimal as changes in the appearances of retinal vessels that can be an indication of high blood pressure – even in patients who may not know they have high blood pressure – but changes like that don’t necessarily affect your vision.”
Even in the early stages of hypertension, it is possible for ophthalmologists to observe changes in vasculature in their patients. They can see various arteriolar vessel changes, including how they cross one another, become narrower or nicked, or create infarcts in the retina.
From the above linked article.
