Benign Hypertensive Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis
Your kidneys are 2 bean-shaped organs that make urine, balance your body’s water and mineral levels, and filter waste out of your blood.
What is benign hypertensive arteriolar nephrosclerosis?
Hypertension is high blood pressure, arterioles are small arteries, "nephro-" refers to kidneys, and "-sclerosis" is scarring or damage.
Benign hypertensive arteriolar nephrosclerosis is kidney damage caused by having high blood pressure for a long period of time.
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Kidney damage usually gets worse slowly and can lead to severe chronic kidney disease
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It's more common when your blood pressure has been high for a long time
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Kidney damage is usually found on a blood test
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You don't usually have symptoms until you get kidney failure
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Doctors try to control your high blood pressure with medicine
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You may need dialysis (a machine filters your blood when your kidneys aren’t able to do it)
What causes hypertensive kidney damage?
What are the symptoms of hypertensive kidney damage?
How can doctors tell if I have hypertensive kidney damage?
How do doctors treat hypertensive kidney damage?
Doctors try to keep kidney damage from getting worse by:
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Controlling your high blood pressure with medicine and changes to your diet
If your kidneys are badly damaged, you may need:
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Dialysis (a machine filters your blood when your kidneys aren’t able to do it)
