complications can arise.  

High blood pressure can damage your arteries.  The lining in your arteries that is normally smooth, allowing blood to flow freely can become stiff, constricting the amount of blood that flows to your major organs and limbs.  Because blood cannot reach those organs you could be at risk for heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure.  In worse cases the arteries can become so clogged that they can rupture and can cause internal bleeding which could be fatal. 

Coronary artery disease can develop and put you at a higher risk for heart attack.  Because this disease narrows the arteries blood has a harder time getting back to the heart.  The heart is a well-built organ.  While the right side works on taking in from the rest of the body the left side works on taking it back out.  High blood pressure forces the left side to work even harder.  Just think, your heart works none stop to get blood to the rest of your body and if its overworked, it can fail.  The heart can become weak and the weaker your heart, the more the door opens for heart attacks. 

Think of your brain as the “big the boss”.  Along with your heart it runs the show in your body!  High blood pressure can lead to stroke.  Blood carries the essential nutrients and oxygen all throughout your body including your brain.  If your brain is not getting those nutrients, brain cells will die.  Just like in the heart, arteries and blood vessels can become clogged and they can rupture.  In either case you will be dealing with restricted blood flow to the brain or risking a rupture, which can lead to bleeding in the brain.  Severe damage to your brain in any case can impair your thinking, memory, speaking, and motor functioning. 

Lets think waste management now!  Kidneys, your kidneys are your bodies own personal weight management system that is extremely important.  Which out it functioning properly, you could be headed for serious trouble.  Kidneys filter the “bad stuff” out of your blood and disposes of it through urine.  If your arteries get damaged due to high blood pressure your kidneys will not be able to perform this function properly and can result in kidney failure. 

The list of complications can go on and on because blood goes everywhere in your body and if your blood pressure is too high, your entire body is at risk for damage.  Learn how to control your blood pressure and save your organs.