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Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, August 21st, 2009

You may have a child with disability who has separation anxiety disorder. This may be the cause of your child’s disability.

If this is true, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits for your child with disability from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by separation anxiety disorder? Was your child with disability denied?

If you appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, remember this. People who are represented by a caring disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com in the appeals procedure are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

There is a difference between separation anxiety and separation anxiety disorder. Separation anxiety is a normal stage of development for secure, healthy babies.

It usually involves crying and distress when the baby is separated from parents or home. With the passage of time, however, the child learns to feel safe in a new environment. The child feels secure that a parent will return. Gradually the separation anxiety fades away.

On the other hand, separation anxiety disorder is excessive, age-inappropriate fear of being separated from family members. This is particularly true of being separated from parents.

Children with separation anxiety disorder are afraid of being lost to their families. Or, they are sure something bad will happen to their family members if they are separated from them. Separation anxiety disorder can inhibit or restrict a child’s normal activities to a significant degree.

Separation anxiety disorder usually begins in children who are of school age. It affects about 4% of children 6-12 and a slightly lower proportion of adolescents. Separation anxiety disorder affects girls and boys about the same

The causes of separation anxiety disorder can involve a traumatic experience a child has gone through. These are things like

§  A scary event (tornado, earthquake)

§  A serious separation (parent in the military)

§  A big change (starting a new school, birth of brother or sister)

§  Stress in the family (coming divorce, serious illness or death of family member or pet)

§  Sickness (major or minor).

The main sign or symptom of separation anxiety disorder is fear that is exaggerated out of proportion to real problems or situations. Other signs and symptoms can be physical or behavioral such as:

  • Headaches or stomachaches when they come persistently before separation from parents
  • Following parents around the house, not wanting them to be out of sight
  • Asking to sleep in bed with parents at night
  • Nightmares of parents leaving or being gone
  • Excessive worry or panic at the experience or anticipation of being away from home
  • Refusing to go to school or other activities away from home
  • Excessive worry about their own safety or that of members of the family.

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Repetitive Stress Injury and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Most of the time, repetitive stress injury will not disable you or qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. This is because the Social Security Administration requires that your disability has to last for at least one year in order for you to qualify for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. 

However, if your repetitive stress injury is going to cause you to be unable to work for one year or longer, or it is in conjunction with other disabling conditions that will keep you from working for over a year; you may then qualify for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. 

This may be your situation. You may have applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied.

If you plan to appeal the denial, remember this. People who are represented in the appeals procedure by a skilled disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer. 

Repetitive stress injury refers to any of a loose group of medical conditions resulting from the overuse of some kind of tool or instrument. For example, it could be a knife, guitar or computer. It can be anything that requires repeated movements. 

 Repetitive stress injury is a syndrome that affects nerves, tendons and muscles in your upper back, arms and hands. The medically accepted condition in which repetitive stress injury occurs is when muscles in these areas are kept tense for extremely long periods of time. This is due to repetitive motions and/or poor posture. 

Repetitive stress injury (RSI) is also known by several other names. It is also called repetitive strain injury, cumulative trauma disorder (CTD), occupational overuse syndrome or work related upper limb disorder (WRULD). 

The people who are most at risk for getting this syndrome are those whose job requires them to make the same repeated movements over a long period of time. Repetitive stress injury is common among assembly line workers, computer workers and guitarists. 

You may think that this syndrome is nothing serious, just a minor nuisance. However, repetitive stress injury is no small, laughing matter. It accounts for 34% of all lost-workday illness and injury, and it costs $20 billion a year. An estimated $50 billion a year is lost by businesses, annually, due to decreased productivity, sick leave and medical costs linked to repetitive stress injury. 

There are several varied signs and symptoms of repetitive stress injury. Some of these are: 

  • Recurring soreness or pain in your hands or wrist, shoulders, neck or upper back
  • Weakness, lack of endurance and loss of gripping strength
  • Numbness or pain while lying in bed
  • Numbness, tingling, coldness or loss of sensation
  • Muscles in your arms and shoulders feel wiry and hard to the touch. 

If you can’t work because of a repetitive stress injury, don’t wait. Contact the tough disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Polycystic Kidney Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a progressive, genetic disorder of your kidneys. It is a kidney disorder passed down through families in which multiple cysts form on your kidneys, causing them to become enlarged. These clusters of cysts are noncancerous round sacs containing water-like fluid.

Polycystic kidney disease is not limited to just your kidneys, although your kidneys usually are the most severely affected organs. This disease can cause cysts to develop in other places in your body.

Polycystic kidney disease is also referred to in other ways. It is referred to as cysts – kidneys, kidney – polycystic, and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).

Approximately 7 million people have this disease worldwide. Around 600,000 people have polycystic kidney disease in the United States. It is the 4th leading cause of kidney failure in America. Polycystic kidney disease is the most common life-threatening genetic disease.

There are two main forms of polycystic kidney disease. They are the autosomal dominant form and the autosomal recessive form. The autosomal dominant form is much more common but less severe. The autosomal recessive form is far less common but more severe. There is a rare form of polycystic kidney disease that is referred to as “PKD3″.

Polycystic kidney disease is passed down through families as a genetic disease. It is usually an autosomal dominant trait. Children have a 50% chance of getting this disorder if one parent carries the gene.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with polycystic kidney disease. Some of these include:

  • Blood in your urine
  • Excessive urination at night
  • Back or side pain related to enlarged kidneys
  • Abdominal tenderness or pain
  • Increase in the size of your abdomen
  • Joint pain
  • Drowsiness
  • Painful menstruation for women
  • High blood pressure (link to page High Blood Pressure and Disability)
  • Nail abnormalities
  • Kidney stones
  • Kidney infections
  • Kidney failure.

You or a loved one may have polycystic kidney disease. It may be the reason you or your loved one is disabled and unable to work.

If this is true, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

Have you or your loved one tried to get that financial assistance by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by polycystic kidney disease? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may be planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You or your loved one will need the representation of a caring disability attorney in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this is because people who are represented by a confident disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those who do not have an attorney.

Do not wait. Contact the accomplished disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Osteogenesis imperfecta is commonly called “brittle bone” disorder. The term “osteogenesis imperfecta” means imperfect bone formation. 

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a skeletal disease that is characterized by unusually fragile bones that break easily. These broken bones often occur under loads that normal bones bear without a problem. 

Osteogenesis imperfecta is a connective tissue disease. It is the result of a malfunction in your body’s production of the protein collagen. The quality of the collagen produced by your body is too poor, or the amount is too little with osteogenesis imperfecta. 

Osteogenesis imperfecta is a relatively rare disease. It affects between 20,000 and 50,000 people in the United States. Osteogenesis imperfecta occurs with equal frequency among all racial and ethnic groups and men and women. 

There are four main types of osteogenesis. Type I is the mildest and most common form of this disease. Some of the effects caused by Type 1, osteogenesis imperfecta are: 

  • Hearing loss beginning in your 20s
  • Brittle teeth
  • Blue sclerae (whites of the eye)
  • Fragile bones
  • Loose joints
  • Triangular-shaped face
  • Low muscle tone
  • Thin, smooth skin
  • Scoliosis (curvature of your spine). 

Type II, osteogenesis imperfecta affects about 10% of the people who have this disorder.

This is the most severe form of the disorder.. This type of osteogenesis imperfecta frequently causes death at or shortly after birth. 

Type III, osteogenesis imperfecta affects about 20% of the people who have this disease. People with this type commonly have 100 fractures by the time they reach puberty. Some of the effects of Type III are: 

  • Short stature
  • Poor muscle development
  • Possible respiratory problems
  • Scoliosis
  • Soft bones that bend, as well as breaking easily
  • Loose joints
  • Sclera have a purple, gray or blue tint
  • Barrel-shaped ribcage
  • Possible hearing loss
  • Poor tooth development that often causes your teeth to be discolored and brittle
  • Triangular-shaped face. 

Type IV osteogenesis imperfecta falls between Type I and Type III in terms of its severity. Fractures happen primarily before puberty with the exception of women after menopause. Some of the effects are: 

  • Scoliosis
  • Easily overstretched, loose joints
  • Triangular-shaped face
  • Possible brittle teeth
  • Possible hearing loss
  • Below average height
  • Barrel-shaped ribcage
  • Mild to moderate bone deformity. 

You or a loved one may have osteogenesis imperfecta. It may be why you are disabled and in need of financial help. 

You or your loved one may have applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by osteogenesis imperfecta. Were you or your loved one denied? 

If you plan to appeal the denial, always remember. People who are represented in the appeals process by a trustworthy disability attorney like you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those without a lawyer. 

Contact the proven disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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