 [ Symptoms ] does taking prenatal vitamins help with fertility conception  i am trying to get pregnant and it is taking a very long time i just want to boost my chances of conception a little i have been off the pill for 6 months now [ Disease ] several potentially serious health conditions are linked to high blood pressure including atherosclerosis this is a disease of the arteries caused by a buildup of plaque or fatty material on the inside walls of the blood vessels hypertension puts added stress and force on the artery walls heart disease hypertension can lead to heart failure the heart can not adequately pump blood ischemic heart disease the heart tissue does not get enough blood and hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy enlarged heart kidney disease hypertension can damage the blood vessels and filters in the kidneys so that the kidneys cannot excrete waste properly stroke hypertension can lead to stroke either by contributing to the process of atherosclerosis which can lead to blockages andor clots or by weakening the blood vessel wall and causing it to rupture eye disease hypertension can damage the very small blood vessels in the retina