Hypertension Damages the Kidney Long Before Symptoms Arise

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/04/hypertension-damages-the-kidney-long-before-symptoms-arise/

Studies show that the established pharmaceutical strategies for controlling high blood pressure produce a meaningful reduction in mortality risk, even though they do nothing to repair or reverse the underlying cell and tissue damage that causes hypertension. This outcome is possible because the raised blood pressure of hypertension is very damaging in and of itself, harming vital tissues throughout the body. The kidney is particular vulnerable to pressure damage, as researchers note here.

Researchers analysed kidney tissue from a total of 99 patients who either suffered from high blood pressure (a…

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