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                        Hello Shirley i am a 35 year old black  male my mother has hypertension and no  one else in my family has it 2 years   ago i was in a car crash i was rear   ended whilst sitting at some stop lights  i was wearing my seat belt i was the   passenger in the car. I am 6'6 120 kilos  born in chicago illinois a proffessional  athlete most of my life now i have   settled here in Sydney Australia for  the 6 years of my life still reasonably  fit and still playing basketball to a   certain degree, i was taken from the  accident via ambulance BP readings at  the hospital were 230/130 been seeing  a DR here in Sydney on hypertension   medication to reduce it. Also neck  back and sciata nerve damage in my left  leg and a heamatoma to my left kidney   could that cause hypertension, kidney  damage, and am i on this medication for   life and is the ongoing hypertension  related to the accident.     Thanks for you help Kirk.