Hypertension is a health condition which is as common as o+ve blood type. Every 1 out of 3 person is suffering from high blood pressure. Hypertension is just similar to a radiator on the fritz, where the heart is working overtime to get the work done. The heart is pump into our bodies delivering continuous blood to the entire system through a set of pipes called blood vessels of all sizes. Smoking, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, family history, physical inactivity, and increases age all contribute to these blood vessels turning less elastic. The more blood our heart has to pump through the rigid, narrowing arteries, the higher blood pressure rises. When the force of the blood against the artery wall is too high, it is a warning for life-threatening health problems.
The kidney is the purifier of blood in our bodies. It filters blood reaching to it through different vessels and removes waste and extra water which later gets into the custody of the bladder.
Now think if the vessels of the kidney become less elastic, will they be able to perform their work?
No, damaged kidney blood vessels will no longer work properly. When this happens, the kidneys are unable to remove all wastes and extra fluid from your body which gives birth to kidney diseases. Sepsis, enlarged prostate, Eclampsia, autoimmune diseases are a few acute kidney diseases whereas Lupus nephritis, HIV, HEPATITIS B, Pyelonephritis, Polycystic kidney disease are chronic diseases caused by damage to blood vessels.
So now it’s clear how hypertension is responsible for kidney diseases.
