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Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

The word “leukemia” comes from two Greek words meaning “white” and “blood”. Leukemia is a cancer of your blood or bone marrow. It is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells. These are usually white blood cells (leukocytes).

Leukemia is a broad term that covers a spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part of an even broader group of diseases called hematological neoplasms. These are types of cancer that affect your blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes. These types of cancer are intimately connected through your immune system. A disease that affects one of these three will often affect the others as well.

Over 200,000 people are estimated to be living with some form of leukemia in the United States. Over 40,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.

Leukemia is pathologically and clinically subdivided into several large groups. The first division is between its acute and chronic forms:

  • Acute leukemia is characterized by the rapid increase of immature blood cells.
  • Chronic leukemia is characterized by an excessive build up of relatively mature, but still abnormal blood cells. This usually takes months or years to happen.

Leukemia is additionally divided according to which kind of blood cell is affected. This divides leukemia into lymphocytic or myelogenous types:

  • Lymphocytic – This type of leukemia begins in a type of bone marrow cell that usually goes on to form lymphocytes.
  • Myelogenous – This type of leukemia begins in a type of bone marrow cell that usually goes on to form red blood cells, some other types of whit cells and platelets.

There are several different effects that you may experience depending on the type of leukemia that you have. However, there are some common effects that are caused by leukemia. These include:

  • Loss of weight or appetite
  • Tiny red spots in your skin
  • Night sweats
  • Chills or fever
  • Swollen lymph nodes
  • An enlarged spleen or liver
  • Ongoing weakness and fatigue
  • Infections that happen often
  • Bruising or bleeding easily
  • Tenderness or pain with your bones
  • Shortness of breath during physical activity.

You or a loved one may have leukemia. This may be the cause of your disability.

As a result, 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 or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by leukemia? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this. You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to assist you in this process. This is true because people represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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

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Angina Pectoris and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, November 6th, 2009

When you say the word, “angina” most people immediately think of pain in the chest.  They think of pain related to the heart. Angina, however, can refer to other parts of your body.

There are also other types of angina that are not directly related to your heart. However, when you say the word most people think of chest pain and the heart.

The angina related to your heart is angina pectoris, or most commonly referred to just as angina. Angina is a Latin word that refers to a painful constriction or tightness somewhere in your body. Angina pectoris is pain in your chest that results from ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of your heart muscle due to spasm or obstruction of your coronary arteries (the heart’s blood vessels).

People commonly equate the severity of angina pectoris with the risk of a fatal heart attack. There is a weak relationship between severity of pain and the degree of oxygen deprivation in your heart muscle. In other words, you can have severe angina pectoris with little or no risk of a heart attack. On the other hand, you can have little or no angina pectoris and have a heart attack.

Angina pectoris is classified in two ways. It is classified as stable or unstable angina.

Unstable angina pectoris is usually grouped with similar medical conditions like acute coronary syndrome pain. Some of the ways that unstable angina pectoris can affect you are:

  • Pain that gets worse and worse, which is called, “crescendo” angina
  • Sudden-onset angina while resting
  • Pain that lasts for more than 15 minutes are symptoms of unstable angina.

These symptoms require immediate medical attention, and are usually treated like a presumed heart attack.

Stable angina pectoris refers to the more common understanding of angina related to a lack of blood supply and oxygen of your heart muscle. Some of its effects are:

  • Chest discomfort
  • Tightness
  • Heaviness
  • Pressure
  • Burning, squeezing
  • Choking Sensation
  • Pain in jaw, back, shoulders, arms or neck.

These effects are usually brought on by some activity (running, walking, etc) with minimal or non-existent symptoms at rest. These indications usually go away several minutes following stopping the precipitating activities and begin again when activity resumes.

You may be unable to work because of angina pectoris. It is important to remember that whatever underlying condition is causing your angina pectoris is the real cause of your disability. Angina pectoris is the main symptom that you are experiencing.

You may need help. You may need financial help.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied? If you plan on appealing the denial, remember this. People who are represented by a caring disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

Socialsecurityhome.com is where you will find a skilled disability attorney. Contact the smart disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Angina and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Angina relates to a painful tightness or constriction somewhere in your body. Even though angina is usually spoken of in connection with the heart, it can refer to other parts of your body, also.

In fact, there are several types of angina. Some of these are:

  • Ludwig’s angina – This is a serious, potentially life-threatening infection of the tissues of the floor of your mouth.
  • Prinzmetal’s angina – It is a syndrome that generally consists of cardiac chest pain while a person is at rest. This takes place in cycles.
  • Vincent’s angina – This is also referred to as trench mouth. It is an infection of your gums that leads to bleeding, deep ulceration, inflammation and necrotic gum tissue.
  • Angina tonsillaris – This disorder is an inflammation of your tonsils.
  • Abdominal angina – It involves postprandial abdominal pain that occurs in you when you have insufficient blood flow to meet your visceral demands.
  • Angina pectoris – This is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort due to coronary heart disease.

Even though angina is not a disease, but rather a sign or symptom of a condition, angina may have several affects on you. Some of these are:

  • Tightening
  • Heaviness
  • Pressure
  • Squeezing or aching across your chest, especially behind your breastbone
  • Pain that radiates to your back, arms, neck, jaw or even your teeth
  • Heartburn
  • Indigestion
  • Nausea
  • Weakness
  • Sweating
  • Shortness of breath
  • Cramping.

These effects produced by angina may reach a point where you are disabled and unable to work. If this is where you or a loved one is at, again, it is important to remember that angina is not the cause of your disability.

Whatever the underlying condition is that is causing your angina is the real cause of your disability. Angina is probably the main sign or symptom that you or your loved one is experiencing.

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

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 that is characterized primarily by angina. Have you already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

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 to think about.

You or your loved one is going to need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. This is true because people who have a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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

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Lupus and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory disease in which your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. The inflammation caused by lupus may affect many of your different body systems. This includes your joints, kidneys, heart, skin, lungs and blood cells.

Women are more at risk for getting lupus than men, though it is not clear why. There are four types of lupus that exist:

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Discoid lupus erythematosus
  • Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
  • Neonatal lupus.

The most serious and common form of lupus is systemic lupus erythematosus.

Lupus is a disease where no two cases are exactly alike. The effects caused by lupus may come on slowly or develop suddenly. They can be temporary or permanent, mild or severe. With most cases of lupus, people have episodes that are called “flares”. This is where there are times when their signs and symptoms get worse then eventually improve or even disappear completely for a period of time.

The way that you are affected by lupus will depend on which of your body systems are affected by the disease. Speaking in a general way, some of the signs and symptoms of lupus are:

  • Weight gain or loss
  • Stiffness, joint pain and swelling
  • Fever
  • Sores in your mouth
  • Fatigue
  • Skin lesions that develop or get worse with exposure to the sun
  • Chest pain
  • Shortness of breath
  • A butterfly-shaped rash on your face that covers the bridge of your nose and your cheeks
  • Your fingers and toes turn blue or white when you are exposed to cold or stress
  • Depression
  • Memory loss
  • Anxiety
  • Bruising easily
  • Having dry eyes.

You or a loved one may be suffering from lupus. Lupus may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability. It may be the reason why you are unable to work.

If this is the case, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

Where will you get the financial assistance that you need? Who will help you?

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 lupus? 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, here is something that you need to think about.

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

Do not wait. This is something of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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