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Health complications associated with high blood pressure

Written by Editorial Team | Published : April 17, 2019 9:27 PM IST

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Having high blood pressure can gradually cause severe damage to your vital body parts even before showing any signs or symptoms and in order to manage your blood pressure levels, you tend to rely on the numbers that a blood pressure machine shows. However, did you know that the numbers on your doctor’s blood pressure machine can be wrong? Yes, this is what researchers from Public Health Foundation of India suggests. In a study published in the Journal of Human Hypertension, it was revealed that to get accurate measure of your blood pressure, you need to measure it three times. While it is important to maintain your blood pressure levels, here, we tell you about the health complications high BP can have on your body.

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Kidney failure: If you are suffering from high blood pressure, you are more likely to get experience kidney failure. This is because this condition can damage large and tiny arteries connected to your kidney.

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Bone loss: When you blood pressure is high, your body will get rid of a lot calcium through urination. This excess calcium loss can make your bones weak resulting in problems such as osteoporosis.