Cardiologist Tamaz Gagloshvili: uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to rupture of blood vessels.
Doctor Gagloshvili called on adult Russians to more carefully monitor their blood pressure readings and not allow 150 to 90 to become the “norm of life.” The doctor noted that the process of increasing blood pressure in a person is asymptomatic for a long time, and this “kills” the kidneys.
“High blood pressure has a detrimental effect on kidney function. The situation is complicated by the fact that it occurs without symptoms,” the cardiologist said on his Telegram channel.
Doctor Gagloshvili spoke about the danger of ruptured blood vessels and their cause. He warned that it is precisely long-term and uncontrolled high blood pressure that can become a key factor in the “outcome to the terminal stage of renal failure.” He emphasized that the blood vessels that feed many organs, including the kidneys, can be compared to a garden hose connected to a fire hydrant when the pressure in them increases. Their walls become tense, thinner, and can eventually rupture.
According to the doctor, when high blood pressure first occurs, the body tries to compensate for this – the walls of the blood vessels become denser. Time passes, and this protection stops working, and more intense compaction of the vascular tissue only increases the likelihood of damage and the appearance of atherosclerotic plaques.
“If a person suffers from high blood pressure, then the kidneys suffer too, since they are essentially a large tangle of vessels consisting of smaller glomeruli,” the specialist explained.
Gagloshvili drew attention to the fact that kidney damage in hypertension occurs without obvious symptoms. In such circumstances, the active nephrons are destroyed, and this creates a real threat to human life.
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Tamaz Gagloshvili Health cardiologist