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.
Nelson is the transferred use of an English surname meaning âson of Neilâ. Neil, in turn, is the anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic masculine name Niall. Nelson developed as a patronymic surname (passed from the father) and is said to mean âchampionâ (see the name Neil for more information on the Irish-Gaelic origins).