There are many reasons for stasis in the eyes of older people.
Firstly, older people are prone to the ‘three highs’ and as they age, the hardening of blood vessels increases and blood flow becomes slow and granular or streptocytic, which can lead to bleeding. Older people are also prone to venous tumours, which can also be a cause of stasis in the eyes.
Hypertension is now considered to be one of the main causative factors in the development of ocular stasis in people over 60 years of age, and diabetes and long-term oral use of anticoagulant drugs, such as aspirin, are also associated with it. In eye disease, it also occurs in some patients after trauma, or eye surgery such as cataracts and glaucoma.