Kronisk nyresykdom - symptomer og tegn
Fordi nyrene utfører så mange funksjoner for kroppen, kan nyresykdom påvirke kroppen på en lang rekke måter. Symptomene varierer betydelig. Flere av de ulike kroppssystemene kan påvirkes.

Sist oppdatert:
23. mars 2021
Kronisk nyresykdom - symptomer og tegn
I tidlige stadier av sviktende nyrefunksjon kan pasienten være uten symptomer eller plager i lang tid. Når sykdommen gradvis forverres øker sannsynligheten for at det oppstår symptomer. Nyresvikt inndeles i stadier fra 1-5, hvor stadium 1 er det aller mildeste stadiet. Når nyresvikten er på stadium 3 vil de fleste etter hvert oppleve symptomer.
Nyrene utfører mange viktige funksjoner for kroppen, og symptomene kan variere og noen ganger være vanskelig å skille fra symptomer i andre organer. De hyppigste årsakene til sviktende nyrefunksjon er langvarig høyt blodtrykk eller langvarig diabetes. Det er derfor ofte slik at symptomer på nyresvikt kan blande seg med symptomer fra diabetes eller fra hjerte- og karsykdommer.
Dette dokumentet er basert på det profesjonelle dokumentet Nyresvikt, kronisk . Referanselisten for dette dokumentet vises nedenfor
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