 [ Symptoms ] i cant get pregnant i have pneumonia ever since i was a baby i was born premature i get chest x ray most likely every year when i was little i am 26 year old and happly married we been trying to get pregnant for over a year now my family thinks i wont be able to get pregnant because of all the radiation i have all these years is that true i wont get pregnant because of the radiation i have done all my life [ Disease ] all racial groups have some risk of developing kidney failure from high blood pressure african americans however are more likely than caucasians to have high blood pressure and to develop kidney problems from it    even when their blood pressure is only mildly elevated in fact african americans are six times more likely than caucasians to develop hypertension related kidney failure people with diabetes also have a substantially increased risk for developing kidney failure people who are at risk both because of their race and because of diabetes should have early management of high blood pressure