Complications

Besides affecting your nose, sinuses, throat, lungs and kidneys, granulomatosis with polyangiitis can affect your skin, eyes, ears, heart and other organs. Complications might include:

• Hearing loss
• Skin scarring
• Kidney damage
• A loss of height in the bridge of the nose (saddling) caused by weakened cartilage
• A blood clot forming in one or more deep veins, usually in your leg