Hypertension Treatment
Hypertension Kidney
Blood pressure, especially high blood pressure
is closely related to kidney health. High blood pressure, or
hypertension, can damage the kidneys. And because the kidneys have a
major role in keeping blood pressure at healthy levels, if they are
damaged, your blood pressure can go even higher.
The heart works harder due to high blood pressure and over the
time can damage blood vessels throughout the body. If the blood vessels
in the kidneys are damaged, they may stop doing their job of removing
waste and extra fluid from the blood. The extra fluid may then raise
blood pressure even more.
Hypertension kidney is the second
leading cause of kidney failure (after diabetes). Patients with kidney
failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), must either go on
dialysis or receive a new kidney through a transplant. Most people with
high blood pressure do not have any symptoms.
Same is the case
with hypertension kidney. A person's blood pressure is usually
considered high if it is 140/90 or higher. You should keep track of your
blood pressure information with the blood pressure monitor or digital
blood pressure cuffs. Blood pressure readings or blood pressure charts
are important in the face of assigning proper blood pressure medication
such as blood pressure medicine or other high blood pressure remedy.
Many
people need medication to control high blood pressure and kidney damage.
A group of medications called ACE inhibitors can lower blood pressure
and can also help protect kidney functions in diabetic patients.