It is common that a patient have both Hypertension and Chronic Kidney
Disease, but then why? Is it the Hypertension that causes Chronic Kidney Disease
or Chronic Kidney Disease which causes Hypertension? The fact is Hypertension
and Chronic Kidney Disease interacts in different ways.
First of all, Chronic Kidney Disease can cause Hypertension through many
approaches. Kidney is an important organ in our body which helps to excrete
toxic substances, metabolin as well as other kinds of wastes existed in the
blood. While kidneys are damaged, these waste products can not be discharged in
time, as a result, they pile up in the blood vessels. As time goes by, waste
products accumulating in the blood will block blood vessel, which makes blood
can not flow smoothly. Consequently, blood pressure increase (High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease).
Moreover, damages of renal tissues which excrete prostaglandin can give rise
to increase of blood pressure, because prostaglandin has great ability in
lowering blood pressure.
Apart from these, damaged renal intrinsic cells can also bring about the
increase of renin which will promote the increase of blood pressure. Chronic
Kidney Disease is a disease which not only causes Hypertension, but also causes
damages to our other organs.
In verse, Hypertension also can cause Chronic Kidney Disease by damaging
kidneys and this kind of Chronic Kidney Disease is called Hypertensive Nephropathy. For people with Hypertension, the blood pressure in their blood
vessels is higher and with long-term high blood pressure, high perfusion state
in glomeruli will give rise to the damage in filtration membrane. As a result,
protein can not be stopped from being leaked out. As more and more protein leak
out, kidneys are damaged further. Consequently, Chronic Kidney Disease is
formed.
Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease matter to each other from different
aspects. They not only cause the occurrence of another disease, but also
aggravate each other. Therefore, no matter for people with Chronic Kidney
Disease or Hypertension, preventing the formation of another disease is very
important. For more information, please consult our consultant online or email
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