Annals of Clinical Nephrology Open Access

Hypertension and the Kidney

Now a days because of fast lifestyle blood pressure or a hypertension is commonly occurring in early stage of life. This hypertension leads to cause several kidney diseases and end stage renal diseases. Hypertension can damage to the blood vessels and filters in the kidney which results in obstruction of removal of waste from body. Preferred treatment in such cases is Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is the drug which helps to widen the blood vessel to manage the blood amount the heart pumps and lower the blood pressure. ACE inhibitors also helps to reduce the work load of a heart by increasing blood flow. Another treatment with different mechanism is of Angiotensin receptor II blocker which blocks the chemical Angiotensin II which narrows the blood vessel. One can also overcome through such condition by modifying their unhealthy lifestyle to healthy one.