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Is eye pain caused by high blood presure ?

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i went to hospital yeterday 11/07/07 for a pre op on my sinus as i,ve been having trouble for 12 months, so i have been taking actifed for 12 months now and was told i need a op to sort the problem out, also the past couple of day,s i have been having strong pain behind my left eye and when i went to the hospital yesterday they told me that my blood presure was high and they could not op on me till the presure was down, could this be why i get pain behind my left eye because my blood presure is up. thank you


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replied August 8th, 2007
Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Answer A3117
High blood pressure can manifest many ways and exhibits different symptoms across different people. “Strong pain behind the left eye” is not a typical manifestation of high blood pressure but you can continue to monitor your blood pressure as you decrease the pressure to normal values.


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