It causes infection of the kidney; wasting of the kidney cells; and damage to its tiny blood vessels. High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when the pressure of your blood against the walls of your blood vessels increases. If not controlled, high blood pressure can be a cause of chronickidney disease. In return, kidney scarring may cause high blood pressure.
Nelson County is in the Central Virginia region midway between Charlottesville and Lynchburg and is bounded by the James River on east and the Blue Ridge Mountains north and west.
Population. One of Kentucky's fastest growing counties, Nelson County's population in the 2010 census was 43,437, an increase of 15.9% percent over the 2000 count. The economy is based mostly on manufacturing, agriculture, tourism and service industry jobs.