Hypertensive chronic kidney disease
Hypertensive chronic kidney disease happens when long-term high blood pressure damages your kidneys, making them unable to filter your blood properly.
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Your kidneys act like a pair of complex filters that clean your blood by removing waste and extra water. When you have high blood pressure (the force of your blood pushing too hard against your artery walls) for a long time, it damages the tiny, delicate blood vessels inside your kidneys.
As these blood vessels become scarred or hardened, your kidneys cannot filter the blood as well as they should. This creates a cycle: damaged kidneys struggle to manage blood pressure, which then causes even more damage to the kidneys.
Common Symptoms
- Swelling in your ankles, feet, or hands due to fluid buildup.
- Needing to urinate (pee) more often, especially at night.
- Feeling unusually tired or weak because of a buildup of waste in the blood.
- Dry, itchy skin.
- Loss of appetite or feeling sick to your stomach.