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Extrasystoles and Receiving Disability Benefits

Friday, February 10th, 2012

At the center of your cardiovascular system lies your heart. Without doubt, your heart is one of the most essential, if not the most essential, organs in your body.

Your cardiovascular system is composed of your heart and your blood vessels. Your heart pumps out blood to every area of your body through your blood vessels. Your blood vessels are made up of arteries that transport blood that is rich in oxygen and nutrients from your heart to all of the parts of your body. Your blood vessels are also made up of veins that return blood without oxygen back to your heart.

Extrasystoles are extra, abnormal heartbeats that originate in one of your heart’s two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra heartbeats cause a disruption in your regular heart rhythm. Extrasystoles may result in you feeling a flip-flop in your chest or a skipped beat.

This type of cardiovascular disability or condition, called Extrasystoles, are referred to in several other ways. The heart condition is also known as ectopic heartbeat, premature ventricular contractions, premature ventricular complexes and ventricular premature beats.

Extrasystoles are an extremely common condition. There are estimates that extrasystoles may range anywhere from 3 to more than 60% in people who are asymptomatic (without any symptoms). Extrasystoles are a condition that takes place in the majority of people at some time or other. In most cases, extrasystoles do not result in any difficulties. On the other hand, extrasystoles may be a serious problem and can lead to major complications.

What causes extrasystoles cannot be determined in every case. Things that can bring about extrasystoles are heart diseases, triggers or changes in your body. Underlying heart disease or scarring may also result in extrasystoles. Extrasystoles and irregular heartbeats may also be related to:

Ÿ  An injury to your heart muscle that results from myocarditis (heart infections), hypertension (high blood pressure), coronary artery disease or congenital heart disease

Ÿ  The use of alcohol or illegal drugs

Ÿ  Certain medications, such as common asthma drugs

Ÿ  Changes or chemical imbalances that take place in your body

Ÿ  Increased levels of adrenaline that occur in your body, which results from caffeine, anxiety or exercise.

If extrasystoles have led to serious complications for you, you may be able to get social security disability benefits, such as SSI or SSDI. It is always a good idea to seek the counsel of one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com about the options that are open to you. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are experienced in dealing with the Social Security Administration in regard to obtaining disability benefits. Go to socialsecurityhome.com, today.

You may not experience any signs or symptoms at all with extrasystoles. However, when you do have signs and symptoms, they may include:

Ÿ  Your heart fluttering

Ÿ  An increased awareness of your heartbeat (palpitations)

Ÿ  Skipped heartbeats or missed heartbeats

Ÿ  Feeling Flip-flops in your chest

Ÿ  Your heart pounding or jumping.

Extrasystoles may take place in association or connection with other heart ailments or disorders. Some of these are:

Ÿ  Anxiety

Ÿ  Infections

Ÿ  Serious heart problems

Ÿ  Heart rhythm problems

Ÿ  Anemia

 

 

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Pulmonic Stenosis and Receiving Social Security

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Heart stenosis

Heart Stenosis

Your pulmonary artery is what takes blood from your heart to your lungs. When your heart beats, your right ventricle (lower right chamber of your heart) contracts and pushes blood out of your heart in to your pulmonary artery.

Located between the lower right chamber of your heart and your main pulmonary artery is a heart valve that is known as the pulmonic valve. What your pulmonic valve does is prevent blood from leaking back into your heart in between your heartbeats.

Your pulmonic valve is made up of three thin leaflets when it is normal. When your pulmonic valve is defective, the condition is known as pulmonic stenosis.

Pulmonic stenosis is characterized by the leaflets of your pulmonic valve being too thick, fused together or fewer than three. When this occurs, your pulmonic valve is too narrow. This leads to your heart being required to work harder in order to pump the right amount of blood to your body.

Pulmonic stenosis may bring about only minor or mild obstruction of your pulmonic valve. However, pulmonic stenosis can also cause obstruction that is moderate, severe or critical.

Pulmonic artery stenosis usually results from a defect that develops during the forming of an unborn baby’s heart. When a defect occurs before you are born, it is said to be congenital. This means that in most instances, pulmonic stenosis is something that you are born with. At the present time, no one knows what causes this defect in your pulmonic valve to occur. If you are afflicted with pulmonic stenosis, you may meet the requirements for receiving social security disability benefits, such as SSDI or SSI. A wise decision is to seek the counsel of one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com have a great deal of experience in matters relating to disability benefits.

There are times when having an artificial heart valve or other medical disorders may also lead to pulmonic stenosis. This is especially true of older people. These medical conditions include:

  • Rheumatic fever, which is a complication of an infection caused by streptococcus bacteria, such as strep throat or scarlet fever.
  • Carcinoid syndrome, which is a syndrome that is characterized by flushing of your skin and diarrhea. It is caused by the release of a chemical that is called serotonin. Serotonin gets released by growths in your digestive system that are referred to as carcinoid tumors.

Even though pulmonic stenosis results from birth defects most of the time, there are some risk factors that may increase your risk of developing this condition. Some of the conditions that may result in pulmonic stenosis are:

  • Rheumatic fever
  • Noonan’s syndrome
  • Carcinoid syndrome

5 signs you might have Pulmonic Stenosis

The signs and symptoms that pulmonic stenosis produces are usually determined by the extent to which your blood is obstructed as it flows from your right ventricle to your lungs. Signs and symptoms include:

  • A heart murmur
  • Shortness of breath that is more prominent during exertion
  • Fatigue
  • Chest pain
  • Fainting
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Infective Endocarditis and Disability Benefits

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

There are four chambers and four valves that are located on the inside of your heart that are lined by a thin membrane that is known as the endocardium. Endocarditis is inflammation and/or infection of this inner layer of your heart. Endocarditis also usually affects your heart valves (prosthetic or native valves).

Infective endocarditis, which is also known as bacterial endocarditis is one of the kinds of endocarditis. Somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 people are affected by infective endocarditis each year in the United States.

Even though infective endocarditis is not a common disease, it is a dangerous one. Even with antimicrobial therapy, infective endocarditis can result in the need for open heart surgery, stroke or even death.

Infective endocarditis is brought about by germs that get into your bloodstream, travel to your heart and attach themselves to damaged heart tissue or abnormal heart valves. In most cases of infective endocarditis, bacteria are the cause, but fungi or other microorganisms can also lead to the disease.

Sometimes, infective endocarditis may be caused by one of the many common bacteria that live in your upper respiratory tract, mouth or other areas of your body. In other instances, the organism that brings about this disease may get into your bloodstream through an infection or some other medical disorder, certain common everyday activities like brushing your teeth or chewing your food, the use of needles or catheters or having dental or respiratory tract procedures.

There are several risk factors that may increase your risk of getting infective endocarditis. These include:

  1. Any dental procedure
  2. IV drug use
  3. A congenital heart defect
  4. A prior episode of endocarditis
  5. Surgery on your urinary or gastrointestinal tracks
  6. Cardiomyopathy
  7. Having an artificial heart valve
  8. Scarring of your heart valve from rheumatic fever or other disorders
  9. Mitral valve prolapse with a good deal of abnormal backflow of blood (regurgitation)
  10. Procedures that involve your nose, ears and throat
  11. Bronchoscopy

The signs and symptoms that you may experience with infective endocarditis will vary according to the kind of the disease that you have and the cause of your infection. Possible signs and symptoms are:

 

  • Bumpy, painless nodules that appear on the soles of your feet and the palms of your hands
  • Weight loss that is unintentional
  • Joint pain or arthritis
  • Petechiae (these are tiny, purplish-red pinpoint spots of bleeding that are located under your skin)
  • A cough that is persistent
  • Headaches
  • Fever
  • Shortness of breath
  • Back or chest pain
  • Splinter hemorrhages (these are dark red lines of bleeding that are under your nails)
  • Chills
  • Oster’s nodes (these are tender spots under the skin on the pads of your fingers)
  • Night sweats.

There are other signs and symptoms that may be produced by infective endocarditis, which can only be seen and confirmed by your doctor. Some of these include:

  • Embolisms that are brought about by clumps of blood cells and infectious bacteria or fungi
  • A stroke
  • An enlarged spleen
  • A change in the quality of an existing heart murmur or a new heart murmur.

 

Are you no longer able to work because of disability that you have sustained due to complications that have resulted from infective endocarditis and/or other conditions that you have along with this disease? If this is the case, are you in need of financial help?

Have you made a request for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Has your request been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you plan on reapplying or appealing your denial, you will need the help and advice of a disability attorney. The attorney at socialsecurityhome.com is the one to turn to.

Do not wait. Make your way to socialsecurityhome.com, without delay.

 

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Pulmonary Valve Stenosis and Receiving Disability

Monday, January 9th, 2012

 

The lower right chamber of your heart (your right ventricle) is what contracts and pushes blood from your heart and into your pulmonary artery. Your right ventricle does this when your heart squeezes. Your pulmonary artery is what transports blood from your heart to your lungs.

Your pulmonary valve lies between your main pulmonary artery and your right ventricle. Your pulmonary valve works to stop blood from leaking back into your heart in between the beats of your heart.

When there is nothing wrong with your pulmonary valve, it is composed of three thin leaflets. When there is a defect in your pulmonary valve, the condition is called pulmonary valve stenosis.

Pulmonary valve stenosis is evidenced by these leaflets being fused together, less than three or too thick. This causes a narrowing of your pulmonary valve. Because of this defect, it is more difficult for your heart to pump enough blood to the rest of your body.

The obstruction that results from pulmonary valve stenosis may just be minor or mild. In other instances, the obstruction may be moderate, severe or critical.

Pulmonary valve stenosis is usually caused by a defect that takes place while an unborn baby’s heart is being formed. This kind of a birth defect is what is referred to as congenital, which means that it is something that is present at birth. No one has yet been able to determine why this defect takes place.

When pulmonary valve stenosis occurs in older people, it is usually due to the placement of an artificial valve or other medical conditions. Some of these medical conditions from the heart defect are:

  • Carcinoid syndrome – This is a syndrome that is brought about by the release of a chemical that is known as serotonin. Growths that occur in your digestive system that are called carcinoid tumors are responsible for the release of serotonin. Carcinoid syndrome is marked by diarrhea and flushing of your skin.
  • Rheumatic fever – This is a disorder that is a complication of an infection that is the result of streptococcus bacteria like strep throat or scarlet fever.

There are some risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having pulmonary valve stenosis. Some of these risk factors include:

  • Having carcinoid syndrome
  • Having Noonan’s syndrome
  • Having rheumatic fever.

There are various signs and symptoms that may be an indication of pulmonary valve stenosis. These signs and symptoms usually depend on the degree to which your blood is being obstructed from flowing to your lungs from your right ventricle. Signs and symptoms are:

  • Loss of consciousness (fainting)
  • Chest pain
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath, primarily with exertion
  • A heart murmur.

If pulmonary valve stenosis has resulted in your disability, you may be eligible for social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. The right thing to do is to go to socialsecurityhome.com and get the advice of one of the social security attorneys. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are always ready to help you get the disability benefits that you deserve.

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Renal Artery Stenosis, the Heart, and Receiving Disability

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Your renal arteries are the arteries that transport blood from your heart to your kidneys. Your renal arteries branch directly off of your aorta, which is the primary artery that comes from your heart. Your renal arteries branch on both sides of your aorta and run down to each one of your kidneys.

Your renal arteries carry an extremely large amount of blood to your kidneys where it is filtered. Around 5 liters of blood are pumped out by your heart every minute. Of this amount, about 1 to 1.5 liters or 25% of this amount goes through your kidneys every minute.

Renal artery stenosis (narrowing) is a condition that is marked by a decrease in the diameter of your renal arteries. This narrowing of your renal arteries may bring about hypertension (high blood pressure) that is known as renovascular hypertension and an impairment in the way in which your kidneys are working.

Renal artery stenosis is one of the primary things that result in renovascular hypertension. In fact, renal artery stenosis is responsible for anywhere from 1 to 10% of the 50 million instances of high blood pressure in the United States.

If both of your renal arteries are affected by renal artery stenosis, it results in kidney failure. Your renal function gets progressively worse when there is a decrease in the flow of blood to both of your kidneys. Renovascular hypertension is the result of only one of your renal arteries being narrowed by renal artery stenosis. If you are afflicted with renal artery stenosis, you may be entitled to social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. The only way to know for sure is by going to one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are there to help you get the disability benefits that are rightfully yours.

Most of the time, renal artery stenosis is a result of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis refers to a narrowing and hardening that takes place in the blood vessel wall inside of an artery. This process that occurs inside of your renal arteries is similar to what happens inside of blood vessels in your heart and other areas of your body.

There are some risk factors that may increase your likelihood of developing atherosclerosis. Some of these are:

  • Diabetes
  • Getting older
  • High levels of cholesterol
  • Smoking
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure).

 

There are some things that are less common causes of renal artery stenosis. These include:

    • Division and tearing of your blood vessel wall (dissection)
    • Fibromuscular dysplasia of your blood vessels
    • Inflammation of your blood vessel (arteritis)

There are some signs and symptoms that may be an indication of renal artery stenosis. Some of these are:

    • Pulmonary edema (sudden accumulation of fluid in the air sacs of your lungs)
    • Narrowing of other arteries in your body
    • Kidneys that are not functioning well, which may develop suddenly
    • Hypertension that is hard to control or gets worse suddenly
    • Hypertension that occurs at a young age.
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Click Murmur Syndrome could qualify you for SSI or SSDI

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Click murmur syndrome is a disorder that develops when your mitral valve of your heart does not close the way that it ought to. When this happens, it may result in blood being permitted to leak back into your left atrium. This is what is known as mitral valve regurgitation.  Click murmur syndrome, the heart disorder, may qualify you for social security disability benefits.   The mitral valve of your heart is also known as your left atrioventricular valve or your bicuspid valve. Your mitral valve is what is referred to as a dual-flap valve. Your mitral valve separates the ventricle (lower) and atrium (upper) chambers of the left side of your heart. Your mitral valve has the task of controlling blood flow from your left atrium into your left ventricle.

The most common heart valve abnormality in the United States is click murmur syndrome. In fact, it is thought that as high as 10% of the general population of the United States may have some kind of click murmur syndrome. If you have click-murmur syndrome, you may be entitled to some type of social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. The right thing to do is to turn to one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are experienced in matters relating to getting disability benefits from the Social Security Administration.

At this time, the specific thing that results in click murmur syndrome has not been discovered. However, click-murmur syndrome has been connected with several different things. Some of these are:

  • Your genetic makeup (heredity)
  • Minor chest wall deformities that may be present
  • Medical conditions and disorders, such as scoliosis, Graves disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, polycystic kidney disease and osteogenesis imperfects.
  • There are some risk factors that may increase your risk of having click-murmur syndrome. Some of these include:
  • Being between the ages of 14 and 30
  • A low body weight
  • Having Marfan syndrome (a condition that involves your connective tissue)
  • Being female
  • Having scoliosis ( a disorder that results in deformity and curvature of your spine)
  • Low blood pressure (hypotension)
  • A family history of click-murmur syndrome
  • Graves disease (a disease involving your thyroid gland)
  • A thin chest diameter
  • Chest wall deformities that you may have.

 

Most of the time, click-murmur syndrome does not produce any signs or symptoms at all. It probably will not need any treatment. However, when the heart disorder click-murmur syndrome does result in signs and symptoms, it may lead to serious, life-threatening complications.

The signs and symptoms produced by click-murmur syndrome may vary greatly from person to person. Some of the possible signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • Dizziness or lightheadedness
  • Migraine headaches
  • Shortness of breath or problems breathing that often occurs when you are doing physical activity or are lying down flat
  • A heart murmur (an unusual or extra sound during your heartbeat)
  • Fatigue
  • Chest pain that does not come about because of a heart attack or coronary artery disease
  • Low blood pressure (hypotension) that develops when you lie down
  • An irregular or racing heartbeat (cardiac arrhythmia)
  • Panic attacks, depression and anxiety
  • A persistent cough
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Ebstein’s Malformation of the Heart and Receiving Disability

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Your heart is one of the most vital, if not the most vital, organs in your body. Your heart is at the very center of your cardiovascular system. Your cardiovascular system is made up of your heart and your blood vessels.

Your heart pumps blood to all of the cells of your body by means of your blood vessels. Your blood vessels are composed of arteries that carry blood that is rich in oxygen and nutrients away from your heart to all of the areas of your body. Your blood vessels are also composed of veins that take deoxygenated blood back to your heart.

What is Ebstein’s malformation?

Ebstein’s malformation is a congenital defect of your heart. When something is congenital it means that it is present at birth. Ebstein’s malformation is a heart defect that you are born with.

Ebstein’s malformation is a defect that is characterized by your tricuspid valve not working like it is supposed to. Your tricuspid valve is the valve that is located in between the chambers on the right side of your heart.

Ebstein’s malformation is also evidenced by blood leaking back through your tricuspid valve. Your heart is not able to function as efficiently as it ought to when this happens. Ebstein’s malformation may lead to enlargement of your heart or heart failure.

Ebstein’s malformation gets its name from the German doctor Wilhelm Ebstein. He was the first one to describe this heart defect. He did so in 1866.

It is good to know that Ebstein’s malformation is a rare heart defect. It is estimated to take place in about 1 in 20,000 live births. This means that it is responsible for less than 1% of all congenital (present at birth) heart defects. Ebstein’s malformation occurs most often in white people. If you have Ebstein’s malformation, you may wonder whether or not social security disability benefits like SSDI or SSI are an option for you to consider. It makes good sense to ask one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com about this. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com will explain what is available to you in the matter of disability benefits. Do not waste time. Go to socialsecurityhome.com, at your earliest convenience.

Causes, Signs, and Symptoms of Ebstein’s malformation

In most instances, the cause of Ebstein’s malformation cannot be determined. If certain drugs such as lithium are used during pregnancy, they may have a part in bringing about this defect.

There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication of Ebstein’s malformation. These signs and symptoms may range from being anywhere from mild to severe. These signs and symptoms of Ebstein’s malformation can occur slowly over a period of many years. Some of the signs and symptoms include:

Ÿ  Heart palpitations or abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias)

Ÿ  A bluish discoloration of your lips and skin that results from low oxygen (cyanosis)

Ÿ  Fatigue that especially results from exertion

Ÿ  Rapid breathing

Ÿ  Swelling of your legs

Ÿ  A very fast heartbeat or your heart pounding or racing

Ÿ  A persistent cough

Ÿ  Shortness of breath.

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Pulmonary Stenosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The lower right chamber of your heart (the right ventricle) contracts and pushes blood out into your pulmonary artery when your heart squeezes. Your pulmonary artery is the artery that carries blood from your heart to your lung.

What does the Pulmonary Valve do?

You have a heart valve that is called the pulmonary valve that is located between your main pulmonary artery and your right ventricle. The primary function of your pulmonary valve is to keep blood from leaking back into your heart in between your heartbeats.

When your pulmonary valve is normal, it is composed of three thin leaflets. Pulmonary stenosis is a condition in which your pulmonary valve is defective.

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Understanding the Pulmonary disability

When you have pulmonary stenosis, the leaflets of your pulmonary valve are less than three, too thick or they are fused together. This leads to your pulmonary valve being too narrow. This results in your heart being forced to work harder in order to pump a sufficient amount of blood to your body.

The obstruction of your pulmonary valve that is caused by pulmonary stenosis may be only minor or mild. On the other hand, the obstruction that results from pulmonary stenosis may also be moderate, severe or critical. If your pulmonary stenosis is severe or critical, you may qualify for social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. A smart move is to check with the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com know what it takes to get disability benefits.

Most of the time, pulmonary stenosis takes place during the development of an unborn baby’s heart. What this means is that pulmonary stenosis is usually something that you are born with. When you are born with a defect it is referred to as being congenital. However, no one has yet discovered why this defect in your pulmonary valve takes place.

Conditions and Risk Factors of Pulmonary Stenosis

In some cases, having to have an artificial heart valve put in or other medical conditions may also bring about pulmonary stenosis in people who are older. Two of these medical conditions are:

  • Carcinoid syndrome – This syndrome is marked by diarrhea and flushing of your skin. Carcinoid syndrome is brought about by the release of a chemical that is referred to as serotonin. Serotonin is released by growths that are known as carcinoid tumors, which form in your digestive system.
  • Rheumatic fever – This is a complication of an infection that results from streptococcus bacteria like scarlet fever or strep throat.

Since most cases of pulmonary stenosis are caused by birth defects, there are few known risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having pulmonary stenosis. However, there are some things that may increase your risk. These include:

  • Noonan’s syndrome
  • Carcinoid syndrome
  • Rheumatic fever.

The signs and symptoms that you experience with pulmonary stenosis will depend on how much your blood is obstructed as it flows out of your right ventricle to your lungs. Signs and symptoms are:

  • Fainting
  • Chest pain
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath that especially occurs during exertion
  • A heart murmur
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Osler’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Osler’s disease is a disease that is characterized by the formation of multiple abnormalities in your blood vessels (veins and arteries). These abnormal blood vessels may occur in places like your mucous membranes, skin and often times in organs like your brain, lungs and liver.

When your circulatory system is working like it ought to, blood that is transporting oxygen is pumped by your heart out of your lungs at high pressure into your arteries. By the time this blood reaches your capillaries and then flows into your veins, the pressure has gotten much lower.

If you are suffering from Osler‘s disease, some of your arteries go directly into your veins rather than being buffered by your capillaries. The high pressure has a tendency to strain and enlarge your veins due to the fact that they are not as elastic and have thinner walls than your arteries do. This may bring about compression or irritation of your adjacent tissues and frequent episodes of severe bleeding (hemorrhage).

There are different kinds of Osler‘s disease. These include type 1, type 2 and type 3. There is a higher risk for blood vessel malformations in your lungs and brain when you are afflicted with type 1 of Osler‘s disease. You are at a greater risk for malformations in your liver if you are suffering from type 2 or type 3. Women are affected by blood vessel malformations in their liver and lungs with both type 1 and type 2 more often than men are.

Osler’s disease is known by other names. It is also referred to as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and Osler-Weber-Rendu disease.

Osler’s disease is brought about by a missing or mutated (defective) gene. Researchers have been able to identify some of the genes that are responsible for leading to Osler‘s disease, but they have not yet discovered the way in which these gene defects result in these blood vessel malformations.

Osler’s disease is a disease that is passed down to you by your parents. The pattern of inheritance is what is known as autosomal dominant. What this means is that you only have to inherit a defective (mutated) gene from one of your parents in order to have the possibility of getting Osler‘s disease.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may experience, which may be an indication of Osler‘s disease. Some of these are:

  • Black, tar-like stools
  • Unexplained, small strokes
  • Vomiting, coughing up blood
  • Dizziness, drowsiness
  • Frequent, sudden nosebleeds
  • Breathing problems, blue lips, domed fingernails (drumstick fingers)
  • Occasional paralysis
  • Fatigue
  • A pale appearance
  • Seizures (epilepsy)
  • Brain aneurysms
  • Shortness of breath when exercising
  • Lesions in your mouth and on your skin that may bleed
  • Digestive tract lesions

If you are having signs and symptoms of Osler’s disease, you may be able to get social security disability benefits. Contact the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com will be on your side when it comes to getting disability benefits from the Social Security Administration.

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Mummification and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Gangrene is a medical term that is used to refer to the decay and death of an area or part of your body. Gangrene may take place in any area of your body, but the parts of your body that are affected in most instances are your hands, fingers, toes and feet.

There are several different kinds of gangrene. Some of these are gas gangrene, wet gangrene, Fournier’s gangrene and internal gangrene.

Mummification is one of the types of gangrene. Mummification usually develops and progresses slowly.

Mummification is referred to in several other ways. It is also known as secondary gangrene, senile gangrene, Pott’s gangrene, native artery gangrene, dry gangrene and arteriosclerotic gangrene.

Mummification is characterized by dry and shriveled skin that ranges in color from brown to purplish-blue to black. In the case of mummification, your tissue becomes black and cold. Eventually, in time, your tissue that is affected by mummification will slough off.

Fortunately, mummification will not spread to other healthy tissue. Also, infection does not take place with mummification.

Mummification is the most prevalent kind of gangrene. Mummification takes place most of the time in people who have a blood vessel disease, such as diabetes or atherosclerosis.

Gangrene occurs when the blood supply to a part or area of your body is cut off. Any underlying condition or injury, or especially a combination of these two, may lead to gangrene of some kind.

In the case of mummification, it is a result of a reduction of blood flow in and through your arteries. This may be caused by several things. Some of these are:

Ÿ  Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Ÿ  Being exposed to extreme cold

Ÿ  Having some form of blood vessel disease

Ÿ  Having an arterial blockage that is the result of a thrombosis

Ÿ  Being a smoker

Ÿ  Having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Ÿ  Having an arterial blockage that has been brought about by an embolism

Ÿ  Taking immunosuppressive medications

Ÿ  Taking chemotherapy treatment for some type of cancer

Ÿ  Having arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis

Ÿ  Having circulatory problems

Ÿ  Having some kind of surgery

Ÿ  Having diabetes mellitus

Ÿ  Experiencing some kind of trauma

Ÿ  Having high blood cholesterol.

There are some signs and symptoms that you need to watch out for that could be an indication of mummification. Some of the possible signs and symptoms include:

Ÿ  The area of your body that is affected becoming numb and cold

Ÿ  Pain that may start out as a dull ache but that quickly becomes extremely severe

Ÿ  The affected part of your body becoming black and shriveled

Ÿ  The area of your body that is affected becoming red at the beginning

Ÿ  Later on, the affected part of your body being a brown discoloration.

Mummification may be a disorder that has happened to you. As a result, you may need to check on getting social security disability benefits, such as SSDI or SSI. It would be worthwhile to call one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com can help you get the disability benefits that are rightly yours.

 

 

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