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Congestive Heart Failure and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The term, “congestive heart failure,” comes from blood congesting or backing up into your abdomen, lungs, liver and lower extremities. Congestive heart failure is a medical condition in which the pumping function of your heart to deliver oxygen rich blood to your body is not sufficient to meet your body’s needs. Your heart becomes too weak or too stiff to fill and pump efficiently.

Your “failing” heart keeps working but not as efficiently as it should. As blood flow out of the heart slows, blood returning to the heart through the veins backs up, causing congestion in the tissues.

Congestive heart failure usually develops slowly. It is a chronic, long-term condition. Congestive heart failure will need attention for the rest of your life.

However, it is possible to experience a sudden onset of signs and symptoms that is known as acute heart failure. Some of the effects of congestive heart failure are:

  • A reduced ability to exercise
  • Swelling in your feet, ankles and legs
  • Shortness of breath
  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Abdominal swelling
  • Weight gain from water retention
  • Persistent cough or wheezing
  • Irregular or rapid heartbeat
  • Nausea and lack of appetite
  • Difficulty with concentration or alertness.

Congestive heart failure may be something that you or a loved one has to deal with. It may have developed to a point where you or your loved one is unable to hold a job. Congestive heart failure may be the cause of your disability.

If this is true, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Who will you turn to for the financial help that you or your loved one needs? Where will it come from? Who can you look to?

Have you or your loved one considered applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by congestive heart failure? Have you or your loved one already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If so, you may be wondering what to do next? Do you have any recourse? What options are open to you?

One step that you or your loved one can take is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something important for you to think about.

You or your loved one is going to need a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to represent and assist you in what can prove to be a long and exasperating process. The reason why this is true is  because people who have a disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not delay. This may affect you or your loved one for the rest of their life. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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COPD and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), also known as chronic obstructive airway diseases (COAD), is a group of diseases characterized by the pathological limitation of airflow in your airway that is not fully reversible. COPD is the umbrella term for chronic bronchitis, emphysema and a range of other lung disorders.

You may wonder how big and common a problem COPD is. COPD is something that millions of Americans have to deal with. In fact, about 14 million people in the United States have COPD. It is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States.

COPD is a lung disease in which your lungs are damaged, making it hard for you to breathe. With COPD, your airways, the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs, are partly obstructed. This makes it difficult for air to get in and out.

COPD develops slowly. It may be many years before you notice effects of COPD, like feeling short of breath (dyspnea). Other signs and symptoms of COPD include:

  • A persistent cough with sputum or blood
  • Wheezing
  • Cyanosis (bluish or purplish discoloration of your skin around your lips and nails)
  • A decrease in exercise toleration.

Most of the time, COPD is diagnosed in middle-aged or older people. The main reason for this is because COPD, as mentioned above, usually develops slowly, with signs and symptoms going unnoticed for many years.

COPD may be something you or a loved one has to deal with. COPD may be the reason for your disability. COPD may be the reason why you are unable to work.

COPD may be the reason that you or your loved one needs help. It may be why you need financial help.

What will you do? Where will that financial assistance come from that you need? Who can you count on to help you, financially?

You or your loved one may have applied for that financial help from the Social Security Administration in the form of Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by COPD. Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration.

You or your loved one may plan to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you or your loved one decides to do, there is something important that you should know.

You will need the advice and counsel of a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to stand with you in what can prove to be an arduous and trying process. The reason for this being true is because people who have a disability attorney standing with them are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

This is something that may affect you or your loved one for the rest of their life. Do not wait. Do not put this off. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits When Suffering With Asbestosis

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Asbestos is a natural mineral product. The fact that it shows great resistance to corrosion and heat has made it extremely valuable in manufacturing. In the past, it was widely used in products like cement, fire-retardant materials, insulation and some vinyl floor tiles.

In the middle of the 70s, the United States government began to regulate the use of asbestos and asbestos products. The handling of asbestos is strictly regulated, today.

Before this government regulation many people who, in their work, had long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos developed a breathing disorder called asbestosis. It is regarded as an occupational lung disease. This condition affects the parenchymal tissue of your lungs. Asbestosis is characterized by scarring of your lung tissue and shortness of breath.

Asbestosis is also called other things. It is also referred to as pulmonary fibrosis – from asbestos exposure and interstitial pneumonitis – from asbestos exposure.

The effects of asbestosis do not usually show up until 5-10 years after the exposure to asbestos. However, there have been documented cases within 1-3 months of exposure to asbestos.

The signs and symptoms that you may experience can range anywhere from mild to severe. Some of these are:

  • Tightness in your chest
  • Chest pain
  • Coughing
  • Shortness of breath with exertion, but later even while resting
  • Decrease in tolerance for doing physical activity
  • Nail abnormalities
  • Clubbing of your fingers.

Most of the effects caused by asbestosis are like those of other breathing disorders, such as asthma. However, the way they develop is much different. The indications of asbestosis come over a period of months and years.

There can be serious complications with asbestosis. Some of the things this disease can result in are:

  • Heart problems
  • Lung cancer
  • Other cancers
  • Other lung damage
  • High blood pressure in your lungs.

Asbestosis and/or complications resulting from this disorder may be the reason why you or a loved one is unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

You or your loved one may need assistance. You may need financial help.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by asbestosis and/or complications resulting from it? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, you need to be aware of this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in this process. The reason for this is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not put this off. This is something that could affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory disease of your large arteries. It is a poorly understood pain syndrome that is characterized by stiffness and pain in your hip and shoulder girdles, upper arms, thighs and neck.

Polymyalgia rheumatica was probably first reported over 100 years ago with the name “senile rheumatic gout.” Other names were used until 1957.

There is a relationship between polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. They each seem to have the same disease process with slightly different signs and symptoms. However, you can have one without having the other.

Polymyalgia rheumatica usually affects people who are over 50 years of age. Women are affected more than twice as much as women. It is a relatively common problem in the United States and Europe.

Polymyalgia rheumatica results when your immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of your joints with white blood cells. However, no one knows what causes your immune system to make this mistake. Researchers believe both environmental and genetic factors are probably involved. There may also be a connection between this disease and certain viruses that cause respiratory infections.

The signs and symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica often appear suddenly, without warning. They can literally begin overnight. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

  • Weakness or malaise (not feeling well)
  • Anemia (low red blood cell count)
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Fatigue
  • A slight fever at various times
  • Moderate to severe stiffness, pain and aching in the muscles of your hips, shoulders, thighs, upper arms and neck.

Stiffness and pain may start on one side of your body. As the disease progresses, you will probably be affected on both sides of your body. The pain and stiffness is usually more severe after you have been lying or sitting down for a long time or in the morning. It may be bad enough to awaken you from sleep.

You or a loved one may be suffering from polymyalgia rheumatica. This disease may be why you or your loved one is disabled and not able to work.

As a result, you may need assistance. You or your loved one may need financial aid.

Where will it come from? Who can you turn to? Who can and will help you?

Do you or your loved one intend to apply for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by polymyalgia rheumatica and/or other conditions along with this disease? Did you already do this, and you or your loved one was turned down by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember this. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

Please do not hesitate. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is traditionally thought to be a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes your immune system to attack your joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and disabling inflammatory medical condition, which can lead to significant loss of mobility resulting from joint destruction and pain.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease which means it can affect several organs and tissue or your whole body. As a result, rheumatoid arthritis often affects extra-articular tissues throughout your body including your heart, lungs, skin, blood vessels and muscles.

About 1% or 2.1 million Americans have rheumatoid arthritis. It is the second most common type of arthritis behind osteoarthritis.

The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is still unknown, but has long been believed to be infectious. Food allergies, external organisms and heredity may also play a part in being susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis. There is no evidence that emotional and physical effects, improper diet or stress play a role in this disease.

There are certain factors that may increase your risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis. Some of these are:

  • Age – This disease happens usually between the ages of 40 and 60.
  • Sex- Women are more likely to get rheumatoid arthritis than men.
  • Family history – If anyone in your family has this disease, you have an increased risk for getting it.
  • Smoking – Smoking cigarettes increases your risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis.

The effects caused by rheumatoid arthritis come and go depending on how much your tissue is inflamed. When your body tissues are inflamed, rheumatoid arthritis is active. When the inflammation goes away the disease is in remission.

When rheumatoid arthritis is active, there are several signs and symptoms that you may experience. These include:

  • Lack of appetite
  • Fatigue
  • Low-grade fever
  • Muscle and joint aches
  • Stiffness.

Muscle and joint stiffness happen most notably after periods of inactivity and in the morning. Your joints frequently become swollen, red, tender and painful.

Rheumatoid arthritis can be both painful and debilitating. It may be why you or a loved one is not able to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

As a result, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by rheumatoid arthritis? Were you are your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, always remember.

You or your loved one will need the representation of a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in the appeals process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

Do not hesitate. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits for your Back Pain

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Obviously, back pain is pain that you feel in your back. This back pain can come from your bones, joints, nerves, muscles or other structures in your spine.

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Back pain is one of the most frequent complaints that people have. In the United States, acute low back pain (lumbago) is the fifth most common reason for a doctor’s visit.  Somewhere around 9 out of 10 adults go through back pain at some time in their life.  Around 5 out of 10 working adults deal with back pain every year.

There are several different effects that back pain can have on you. Some of these are:

  • Sharp or piercing pain
  • Dull, aching pain
  • A burning sensation
  • Numbness
  • Weakness
  • Tingling.

In addition to the above listed effects, back pain can be felt constantly or intermittently. It can range in intensity from mild to extremely severe.

Back pain can be felt in your neck and may radiate into your hand and arm. It can be in your upper or lower back and may radiate into your foot or leg.

Back pain can be debilitating. In fact, the effects of back pain may become so severe that you are no longer able to work. Back pain and/or complications along with or resulting from it may have become the reason for you or a loved one’s disability.

If this describes you or your loved one’s situation, you may need help. You may be searching for financial assistance.

Who can you turn to for help? Where will the financial assistance that you or your loved one need come from? Who is going to help you?

Have you or your loved one thought about applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by back pain and/or complications along with or resulting from it? Have you or your loved one already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

You may be wondering what to do next? What options do you have? Do you have any recourse?

One step that you or your loved one can take is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something for you to think about.

You or your loved one might need the help and assistance of a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to guide and direct you in what can be a long and arduous process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer representing them.

Do not hesitate. This may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits After A Brain Aneurysm

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A brain (cerebral) aneurysm is a weak, bulging area in the wall of an artery that supplies blood to your brain. It is also called a cerebral or intracranial aneurysm. The most common kind of brain aneurysm looks like a round berry that is attached to your artery by a tiny neck.

Some brain aneurysms are big enough to put pressure on your surrounding brain tissue. Other brain aneurysms can rupture at a weak spot in your artery wall. When this happens an area of your brain is flooded with blood. A ruptured aneurysm needs medical attention right away. It can become life-threatening, quickly.

Somewhere around 15 million people in the United States have or will have berry-type (saccular) brain aneurysms. This represents between 2% and 5% of the population. It is estimated that 1 in 15 people in the United States will develop a brain aneurysm during their lifetime. However, less than 30,000 of these aneurysms rupture each year. Most aneurysms do not rupture. This is especially true with the small ones.

A brain aneurysm can occur in people of all ages, but they are most often found between the ages of 35 and 60. Women are more likely than men to get a brain aneurysm.

A brain aneurysm may affect you is several ways. You may experience:

  • Fatigue
  • Problems with thought processing or thinking
  • Difficulty with your short-term memory
  • Defects in your peripheral vision
  • A decrease in your ability to concentrate\
  • Problems with perception
  • Loss of coordination and balance
  • Sudden changes in your behavior
  • Weakness, numbness or paralysis on one side of your face
  • Having dilated pupils
  • The worst headache you have ever had
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Neck pain or a stiff neck
  • Loss of sensation
  • Double or blurred vision
  • Pain behind and above your eye
  • Vomiting and nausea
  • Fainting or loss of consciousness
  • Seizures.

You or a loved one may have survived a brain aneurysm, but you may have ongoing complications as a result. These complications may have caused you to be disabled.

As a result, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability resulting from complications of a brain aneurysm. Were you or your love one denied?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you may need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to assist and aid you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not delay. Do not put this off. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Anxiety Disorder and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Anxiety disorder is a blanket term for several different forms of abnormal, pathological anxiety, phobia and fears. Anxiety disorder refers to nervous system disorders as irrational or illogical worry not based on fact.

There are several types of anxiety disorders.  Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, phobic disorders, separation anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and stress disorders are examples of the various types of anxiety disorders.

An anxiety disorder is a serious condition that is characterized by several things. It is characterized by extreme, chronic anxiety which disturbs thought, mood, behavior and/or physiological activity.

Anxiety disorder is a large problem in the United States. About 19,000,000 adults have some kind of anxiety disorder in America according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

There are many different ways that an anxiety disorder may affect you. Some of these are:

  • Constant, chronic, unfounded worry that causes significant stress and upsets your social life
  • Avoiding common social situations for fear of being humiliated, judged or being embarrassed
  • Random, repeated panic attacks, and fear of future panic attacks
  • Feelings of approaching catastrophe and terror
  • Irrational fear or staying away from a situation, place or object where there is no real danger
  • Doing things over and over, uncontrollably
  • Recurring, ongoing nightmares or flashbacks to a traumatic event that happened several months or years ago.

The effects produced by an anxiety disorder can make it hard to do normal daily activities, not to mention holding a job. An anxiety disorder may be affecting you or a loved one to the point that you are unable to work. It may be causing you or your loved one’s disability.

Do you or your loved one need help because of your disability? Do you need financial help?

Who can you turn to? Who can you look to for the financial aid that you need? Where will it come from?

Have you or your loved one applied for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits because of the disability caused by an anxiety disorder? Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something that you need to think about.

You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and guide you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this being true is because people who are helped and represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not wait. Do not put this off. This is something that could affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects your blood or bone marrow. It is evidenced by an abnormal accumulation of blood cells that are usually leukocytes (white blood cells).

Leukemia is used to refer to a variety of diseases. It is pathologically and clinically divided into groups and categories. The first division is into leukemia’s acute and chronic forms. Then, leukemia is divided according to the kind of blood cell that it affects. These two divisions are myelogenous and lymphocytic.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is one of the types of lymphocytic leukemia. It affects your blood and bone marrow.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia gets its name from the word “acute” that indicates that the disease develops rapidly and affects immature blood cells, rather than mature blood cells. “Lymphocytic” is a reference to the white blood cells that the disease affects.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is also known by other names. It is also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute childhood leukemia.

Although adults, especially those 65 and over, get this form of leukemia, it is the most common form of leukemia in young children. In fact, acute lymphocytic leukemia represents 80% of all the childhood acute leukemias. Most of the cases occur in children 3 – 7 years of age.

There are several effects that acute lymphocytic leukemia can have on you. Some of these are:

  • Severe or frequent nosebleeds
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fever
  • Weight loss
  • Bleeding from your gums
  • Fatigue, weakness or a general loss of energy
  • Infections that happen often
  • Skin that is pale
  • Loss of appetite
  • Swollen lymph nodes that cause lumps around and in your groin, stomach, underarm and neck.

These effects caused by acute lymphocytic leukemia can be debilitating. You or a loved one may be disabled and unable to work because of this disease.

You may be looking for help if this is the case. You may be searching for financial help.

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who can you turn to? Who can and will help you?

Have you, on behalf of your child with disability, or your loved one applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by acute lymphocytic leukemia? Was your child with disability or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something for you to think about.

You will need a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability lawyer are approved more often than those people without an attorney.

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

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Our word “aneurysm” is taken from the Greek “aneurysma”. This means, “a widening”. An aneurysm is a blood vessel that balloons outward or becomes abnormally large. Your blood vessel bulges out like a weak spot on an old worn tire when this happens. This bulge can burst and lead to death at any time. The larger the aneurysm is, the greater the danger is of it rupturing.

An aortic aneurysm happens on your aorta. The aorta is one of the large arteries that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Your aorta bulges at the site of the aneurysm.

Aortic aneurysms can take place anywhere along the length of your aorta. However, the majority of aortic aneurysms develop along your abdominal aorta. Most (about 90%) of abdominal aneurysms are located below the level of your renal arteries. These are the vessels that leave your aorta and go to your kidneys. About two-thirds of abdominal aneurysms also extend from the aorta into one or both of your iliac arteries. The iliac arteries are the arteries that go to your legs.

The most noticeable effect that an abdominal aortic aneurysm will have on you is pain. Usually this pain has a deep quality to it, as if it were boring into you. This pain is most commonly felt in your lower abdomen and back region. The pain is steady but can usually be relieved by changing position.

You may also experience an abnormally noticeable abdominal pulsation. Sudden onset of abdominal and back pain, shock and low blood pressure can occur with a rapidly expanding abdominal aortic aneurysm. This is also a sign of the imminent risk of rupture taking place.

The threat and risk of death is high with abdominal aortic aneurysm. However, you or a loved one may have survived this disorder. Because of abdominal aortic aneurysm and/or other conditions and complications, you or your loved one may be disabled and unable to work.

As a result, you or your loved one may be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. The disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com is the one who can best advise you about this.

Your or your loved one may have already applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied. You may be wondering what options are open to you, now.

If you or your loved one plans on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and guide you in this process. This is true because people who have a disability lawyer on their side are approved more often than those people who are not represented by an attorney.

Do not hesitate. This is a matter of great importance. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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