Diabetic eye disease and kidney disease are just a couple of the complications that can be caused by or made worse by hypertension. High blood pressure is a common and serious complication of diabetes.
Because diabetes damages arteries and makes them targets for hardening, it increases the risk of high blood pressure and other heart and circulation problems. Damage to blood vessels, stroke, heart failure, heart attack, or kidney failure can be brought on by untreated hypertension due to atherosclerosis.