Kidney disease rarely comes alone. It is tied to blood sugar, blood pressure and the heart, and it affects food, mood and the people around you. That is why Nyrami puts the kidneys at the centre and looks at the whole person.
Diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes of chronic kidney disease, and kidney disease raises the risk of heart and vascular disease. Look after one, and you protect the others.
Chronic kidney disease means the kidneys gradually filter the blood less well. More than 500,000 people in Norway have it, and most do not know, because it rarely causes symptoms before it is advanced. Two simple tests at your GP, eGFR in the blood and albumin in the urine, can find it early.
In the app you follow your test results over time, and food is assessed against the limits for your stage.
Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure. High blood sugar over time damages the small blood vessels in the kidneys, often long before anything is felt. Well controlled blood sugar and blood pressure, and a urine test every year, protect the kidneys best.
If you have diabetes, you follow your blood sugar in the app, together with your blood pressure and test results.
High blood pressure damages the kidneys, and diseased kidneys raise blood pressure. The heart takes the strain: heart and vascular disease is the most common cause of death in people with kidney disease. Blood pressure is something you can do a lot about yourself.
In the app you follow your blood pressure over time, and see how much salt a food contains before you eat it.
A chronic illness is about more than one organ. It affects the body, the mind, the family and the food on the table. Each theme has its own colour in our mark, so you recognise it here and in our posts.
The kidney guide answers your questions, and the app helps you every day.