High Blood Pressure and Kidney Damage

Our kidneys are tiny bean shaped organs located on our lower back. Their main job is to filter all the waste products and excess fluids from our bodies.


Our kidneys are made up of thin blood vessels that move blood into our kidneys to keep them healthy.


When you have high blood pressure, the excessive force exerted on all the blood vessels in our bodies can damage them. In the case of our kidneys, prolonged states of high blood pressure can damage these vessels by causing them to narrow and harden.


Eventually, when there is enough damage made to the blood vessels, blood is not able to cross through them. Without enough blood supply going to the kidney, it will get damaged and slowly fail.