Is High Blood Pressure A Concern When Scheduled For Cataract Surgery?

Posted on Thu, 17 Aug 2017

Question: My mother is expected to for cataract operation but her bp measred 160/40 should she go for operation or to cardieologyst ?
Her age is 79 yrs

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (53 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Blood pressure is high

Detailed Answer:
Hello

After going through the medical details provided by you I would like to tell you that blood pressure of your mother is high so even if you take her for surgery the surgeon won't do it and it also not advisable.

It's advisable to first consult a cardiologist personally for evaluation and start her on proper antihypertensive to lower down bp to acceptable range and then plan for cataract surgery

I hope this information will answer your query. Feel free to ask if you have any more doubts or else you can close the discussion and kindly rate the answer.

Kind regards
Dr Bhanu partap

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