In a recent study published in the international journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), researchers from the University of Melbourne and others found that long-term chronic hypertension increases an individual’s susceptibility to glaucoma, and that the findings may help doctors consider how to treat hypertensive The findings may help doctors consider how to treat patients with high blood pressure to stop them from developing the eye disease. Glaucoma is the world’s second leading eye disease, and is usually triggered when an individual has too much pressure inside the eye, and excessive pressure can also cause blindness, according to researcher Dr. Bang Bui, who said studies have shown that high blood pressure is a risk factor for glaucoma, but the exact cause is not known. In the short term, elevated blood pressure provides protection against elevated pressure in the eye. However, in a study of a large number of patients with glaucoma, researchers found that hypertension protects against glaucoma in younger patients, whereas in older patients hypertension is a risk factor for glaucoma. The study then compared the body’s response to acute hypertension (1 hour) and chronic hypertension (4 weeks) in mice with higher IOP. The results showed that when blood pressure remained elevated for up to 4 weeks, it did not provide the same protective effect as a 1-hour increase in blood pressure in mice with higher IOP, which means that sustained hypertension causes the body to lose its ability to handle higher IOP, and that hypertension also damages the blood vessels in the eye so that it cannot compensate for the altered blood flow when the pressure in the mouse’s eye increases. In conclusion, the researchers say that this study may help doctors effectively treat patients with glaucoma, and that chronic hypertension may be a risk factor for glaucoma in individuals, so in future studies the researchers will conduct more in-depth studies to analyze how to treat patients with hypertension who have glaucoma.