Why does prolonged hypertension damage cerebral blood vessels?

💡 Explanation

Hypertension creates elevated shear stress on vessel walls, triggering endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and atherosclerosis, which weakens vessel integrity; because of this, aneurysms and rupture are more likely in the brain therefore option B is correct rather than CO2 mediated constriction or baroreceptor resetting.

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