Can Kidney Trauma Cause Heart Problems Years Later? Posted: 11-14-03 16:07pm
My father was in a severe car accident
back in 1961 and, during the past 12
years, has suffered from 2 strokes and
various heart issues. He was only 52 when
he had his first stroke and has no history
of stroke, heart problems, high blood
pressure in his family.
When he was in the accident, his pelvis
was crushed and both kidneys had been
smashed. His kidney function came back
and he had no health problems afterward
until the stroke 12 years ago.
Can kidney trauma like that cause problems
like he has had this many years later? We
are just trying to understand where these
health problems are coming from. It won't
change anything, but it would be
comforting to know that maybe there was an
explanation.
If anyone has thoughts on this, it would
really be helpful for our family.
Family history of strokes and heart
attacks is only one of the risk factors
for getting stroke or heart attack. Most
important risk factors for those disorders
are: smoking, diabetes, increased blood
cholesterol or triglycerides,
hypertension, male sex, stress, obesity,
physical inactivity etc.
How many of these risk factors your father
had it?
Kidney trauma that healed successfully
can't cause heart attack or stroke.
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