Antihypertensive medications reduce your blood pressure. They include: calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers, diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and more.
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Diuretics (water pills) are medications that increase how much salt and water the body passes in the urine. There are 5 different classes of diuretics.
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Hypertension is the second leading cause of chronic kidney disease. Hypertensive kidney disease happens when high blood pressure goes untreated for long.
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Diabetes is a condition where the body can’t properly regulate blood sugar, causing higher than normal blood levels. There are different types of diabetes.
Diabetic nephropathy is kidney damage due to long-standing high blood sugar levels. It can happen in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
The A1C (HbA1c) test estimates one’s blood sugar levels over the 3 months before the test. It can be used to diagnose diabetes and prediabetes.
