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High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the second leading cause of kidney failure worldwide and in India. Most patients with high blood pressure do not have any symptoms. Uncontrolled hypertension gradually affects and damages organs like the eyes, heart, brain and kidney. Uncontrolled hypertension can cause variety of diseases like ischemic heart disease (Heart attack), Stroke, Chronic kidney disease, Retinopathy (damage to the retina of eye and hence affects vision) Hypertension can usually by controlled with the right medications and further damage to organs can be prevented by timely intervention. Most common treatment involves quitting smoking and alcohol, regular exercise, healthy eating habits like low salt, low fat and low-calorie diet, avoid junk foods. After above interventions if BP is still high then patients require medications. Many patients if having a dangerously high BP are started directly on BP medications.