Kidney Function And Blood Pressure. Controlling the composition of your blood and eliminate wastes filtration reabsorption secretion method influencing blood pressure renin secretion helping to regulate your body s calcium vitamin d activation. The kidneys also regulate blood pressure hormonally.
In order to do this the kidneys must directly monitor the blood pressure which they do by measuring the amount of blood flow that the kidneys receive. Hypertension can cause damage to the blood vessels and filters in the kidney. Blood pressure can creep up gradually but as some kidney patients know blood pressure can jump up dramatically when our kidney function falls.
Once the kidney has sustained some damage we may be starting on a downward spiral.
Renal hypertension also called renovascular hypertension is elevated blood pressure caused by kidney disease it can usually be controlled by blood pressure drugs some people with renal. How does high blood pressure affect the kidneys. If your kidneys blood vessels are damaged they may no longer work properly. The problems occur because there is a dramatic decrease in blood flow to the kidneys.