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What Are The Chances Of Kidney Failure While Having High Blood Pressure?
i am a 54 yr old male . height 5.4 &weigh 158 with no clothes. do not smoke or drink.do some walking but not regular exercise. my blood presure though not steady is 145/ 85. have cut salt at home but still get some when i eat out during the day.only the last 3-4 months noticed my BP.should i insist my doc gives me BP pills or try to work out every day first! do i need to worry about kidney failure ? Thanks....joe
Tue, 30 Aug 2016
Hey,
Kidney dysfunction with hypertension occurs late and that too when bp is uncontrolled. You just have to control your bp and that will be just fine.
To monitor kidney involvement, there is test called urine microalbumin. If that is present in urine, kidneys are involved.
Thanks
Dr Sameer
Kidney dysfunction with hypertension occurs late and that too when bp is uncontrolled. You just have to control your bp and that will be just fine.
To monitor kidney involvement, there is test called urine microalbumin. If that is present in urine, kidneys are involved.
Thanks
Dr Sameer
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