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Aortic Valve Regurgitation and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The principle artery that leaves your heart is the aorta. Blood leaves your heart by going from you left ventricle (lower chamber) through your aortic valve into your aorta. Aortic valve regurgitation is a disease in which your aortic valve does not close as tightly as it should. This results in some of the blood leaking back into your heart’s left ventricle that was just pumped out of it.

Because of aortic valve regurgitation, your heart may not be able to efficiently pump out blood to the rest of your body. This can result in you feeling breathless and tired.

Aortic valve regurgitation is also known by other names. It is also referred to as aortic regurgitation and aortic insufficiency or aortic incompetence.

Aortic valve regurgitation can come on suddenly. If it does, it requires immediate medical attention. When it does, it is referred to as acute aortic valve regurgitation.

There are several things that may cause chronic aortic valve regurgitation. These include:

  • Rheumatic fever
  • Infective endocarditis (infection in your heart)
  • Congenital heart defects
  • Advancing Age
  • Dilation of your aortic root (enlarged aorta)
  • Treatment for cancer using radiation
  • Use of the diet medicine fen-phen.

Other things can cause acute aortic valve regurgitation. These include:

  • Difficulties associated with aortic valve replacement
  • Dissection of the aorta
  • Trauma to your chest
  • An infection of the heart called endocarditis.

Most of the time, however, this disease develops gradually causing no signs or symptoms. You may not even realize that you have this condition. Signs and symptoms will usually begin as the disease progresses. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • Irregular or rapid pulse rate
  • Chest discomfort, tightness or pain (angina) that usually increases during exercise
  • Fainting
  • Fatigue and weakness that worsens when your activity level increases or you exercise
  • Swollen feet and ankles
  • Shortness of breath when you lie flat or exert yourself
  • Problems with breathing at night
  • Palpitations (feelings of a rapid, fluttering heartbeat)
  • Lightheadedness and dizziness
  • Pulsations in your neck.

You or a loved one may be suffering from aortic valve regurgitation. This disease and/or complications arising from or along with it may be why you are disabled and not able to work. It may be why you or your loved one needs 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 aortic valve regurgitation and/or complications resulting from or along with it? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are without representation.

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

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Postrenal Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Postrenal azotemia is the third kind of azotemia. The first two are prerenal azotemia and renal azotemia.

Azotemia is a medical condition that involves abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing compounds like creatinine, urea and various body waste compounds and other nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. This has to do with not enough filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Azotemia is also a clinical sign of a larger condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that go along with kidney failure. Theses include conditions like acidosis, anemia, hyperkalemia, hypertension and hypocalcemia.

Azotemia is a fairly common problem. This is especially true for people that are in the hospital. Hospital acquired azotemia occurs in around 5% of all hospital admissions.

Postrenal azotemia is characterized by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood just like the other two types of azotemia. The type of azotemia that you have is determined by what is causing your condition.

All three types of azotemia have some features in common. For example, all three types of azotemia are characterized by a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of your kidneys and increases in your BUN (blood urea nitrogen) and creatinine serum concentrations. The BUN-to-creatinine ratio is one of the things that help identify the type of azotemia you have.

There are different effects that postrenal azotemia may cause. Some of these are:

  • Pain or urgency with urination
  • Difficulty in urinating
  • Urine that is dark or red blood-tinged
  • Chills and fever if you have an infection
  • Swelling in your ankles or feet
  • Confusion
  • Weakness and fatigue with extreme muscle weakness
  • A seizure.

The effects caused by postrenal azotemia and/or conditions resulting from or along with it can debilitating. It may be why you or a loved one is disabled.

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 Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by postrenal azotemia and/or conditions along with or as a result of it? Were you denied?

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

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this 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.

Prerenal Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Prerenal azotemia is a type of azotemia. The other two types are renal azotemia and postrenal azotemia.

Azotemia is a medical condition that is characterized by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing compounds like creatinine, various body waste compounds, urea and other nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. It has to do with insufficient filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Azotemia is also a clinical sign of a wider condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that go along with kidney failure. Theses include conditions like acidosis, anemia, hyperkalemia, hypertension and hypocalcemia.

Like the other two types of azotemia, prerenal azotemia is marked by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. It is distinguished by what causes it and by a BUN-to-creatinine ratio that is greater than 15. This refers to the ratio of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) to the ratio of creatinine serum concentrations in your blood.

The reason for this involves the mechanism that filters BUN and creatinine. Your glomerular filtration rate (GFR) levels are decreased due to hypoperfusion. This leads to a general increase in BUN and creatinine levels, but some of the filtered BUN is reabsorbed from the proximal tubules of your kidney back into your blood. This happens with only a tiny amount of filtered creatinine. Therefore, more BUN builds up in your blood than does creatinine.

Azotemia is a fairly common problem. This is especially true if you are hospitalized. Hospital acquired azotemia occurs in around 5% of all hospital admissions.

There are several different ways that prerenal azotemia may affect you. Some of these include:

  • Decrease in urine output
  • No urine output
  • Excessive urination at night (nocturia)
  • Pale skin color
  • Dry mouth
  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Confusion
  • Rapid pulse
  • Pain in your abdomen
  • Edema (swelling)
  • Excessive thirst.

The effects from prerenal azotemia and/or other related underlying conditions may be keeping you or a loved one from working. Prerenal azotemia and/or other related underlying conditions may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, you or your loved one may need assistance. You may need financial aid.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by prerenal azotemia and/or related underlying conditions? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, think about this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and guide you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason this is true is because people who have a disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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

Renal Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Renal azotemia is one of the three kinds of azotemia. The other two are postrenal azotemia and prerenal azotemia.

Azotemia is a medical condition that is evidenced by abnormal levels of nitrogen-rich and nitrogen-containing compounds like creatinine, urea and various body waste compounds in your blood. This relates to insufficient filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Renal azotemia is marked by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood just like the other two types of azotemia. The type of azotemia is determined by the cause of the condition. All three types share some common features.

For example, all forms of azotemia are characterized by a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of your kidneys and increases in your creatinine serum concentrations and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). The BUN-to-creatinine ratio is a useful measure in determining which type of azotemia you have.

Azotemia is also a clinical sign of a broader condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that coincide with kidney failure.

Renal azotemia is an intrinsic disease of your kidney. It is generally the result of renal parenchymal damage. This is the type of azotemia that usually leads to uremia.

The BUN-to-creatinine ratio for renal azotemia is normal, which is less than 15. Although your glomerular filtration rate is decreased, and both your blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels are increased in your blood, no BUN is reabsorbed from the filtrate because of your damaged proximal tubules. The result is that BUN is lost into your urine just like creatinine.

Azotemia is a somewhat common problem. It begins frequently during a hospital stay. Hospital acquired azotemia occurs in around 5% of all hospital admissions.

There are several ways that renal azotemia may affect you. Some of these ways are:

  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Confusion or a seizure
  • Pain or urgency with urination
  • Inflammation and edema (swelling)
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Hyperkalemia (an elevated level of potassium in your blood)
  • Difficulty in performing daily activities or extreme muscle weakness
  • Frequent urination.
  • Decrease in urine output.

These effects may keep you or a loved one from working. Renal azotemia and/or related underlying conditions may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

You may need assistance. You or your loved one 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 renal azotemia and/or related underlying conditions? Were you denied?

You may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to assist you in this process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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

A Brain AVM and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Arteriovenous malformation is what the letters AVM stands for. An AVM is a tangle of poorly formed and abnormal veins and arteries (blood vessels). An AVM has a higher rate of bleeding than normal blood vessels.

A brain AVM is when this occurs in your brain. It is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries in your brain that disrupts the normal flow of blood between these blood vessels.

Fortunately, a brain AVM is extremely rare. They happen in less than 1% of the general population of the United States.

Researchers believe that a brain AVM takes place during the development of a baby inside its mother’s womb. However, researchers do not know why this happens to some babies but not others.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having a brain AVM. Anyone can be born with a brain AVM, but boys are more likely to have one than girls. Signs and symptoms are more likely to happen before the age of 50. This is because a brain AVM tends to stay stable once you reach middle age. Pregnancy may begin or cause signs and symptoms to get worse in women because there is an increase in blood volume and flow during this time.

A brain AVM many times does not cause any signs or symptoms until it ruptures, and there is hemorrhage (bleeding) in your brain. There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have a brain AVM. Some of these are:

  • Loss of consciousness or collapse
  • Sudden onset of a severe headache
  • Seizures
  • Some type of motor paralysis
  • Sensory disturbance
  • Vomiting
  • Nausea
  • A pulsing noise in your head
  • Severe unsteadiness
  • A whooshing sound that can be heard when your skull is examined with a stethoscope
  • Numbness or weakness that is progressive
  • Problems with your speech
  • An inability to understand others.

You or a loved one may have a brain AVM. This malformation and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. A brain AVM may be why you are not able to work.

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

You or your loved one may have decided to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. In fact, you may have already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one plans on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something for you to consider. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not delay. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Aphasia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Aphasia is a language disorder that involves damage to the portions of your brain that are responsible for language. For most people, this involves the left side (hemisphere) of your brain.

Aphasia usually happens suddenly. Many times it is the result of a head injury or stroke, but it can also develop slowly, as in the case of a brain tumor.

This disorder affects the understanding and expression of language, as well as the writing and reading of it. Aphasia may occur at the same time as other speech disorders, such as apraxia of speech or dysarthria that also come from brain damage.

Although anyone can get aphasia, most of the people with this disorder are middle-aged and older. Women and men are equally affected by aphasia. It is estimated that approximately 80,000 people get aphasia each year. About one million people in the United States currently have aphasia.

There are four main types of aphasia. They are:

  • Expressive aphasia – The person knows what it is that they want to say, but they have problems writing or saying what they mean.
  • Receptive aphasia – The person sees the print or hears the voice, but they cannot make any sense out of the words.
  • Anomic aphasia – The person has trouble using the right word for places, objects or events.
  • Global aphasia – The person cannot write or read, understand speech or speak.

The amount of disability you have depends on the severity and the location of the brain damage that is the cause of aphasia.

The effects that aphasia will have on you depend on the location and severity of the brain damage. Depending on these factors, you may:

  • Say unrecognizable words
  • Speak in short, incomplete sentences
  • Speak in sentences that do not make sense
  • Interpret figurative language literally
  • Write sentences that do not make sense
  • Not be able to understand other people’s conversation.

The effects caused by aphasia may have caused someone you love to be unable to work. Aphasia may be the cause of your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, your loved one may need help? You may need financial help in caring for your loved one?

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who will provide the help that your loved one needs?

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits on behalf of your loved one from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by aphasia? Was your loved one denied?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent your loved one in this process. This is true 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 put this off. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Osteomyelitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Osteomyelitis is the medical term that is used to refer to infection in a bone. Infections can start in one of your bones if some kind of trauma exposes your bone to germs. Infections can also reach one of your bones by spreading from a tissue that is close by or going through your blood stream.

Osteomyelitis usually affects the long bones in your body. These are your upper arm bone or your leg bones. Osteomyelitis can also affect your pelvis and spine.

Osteomyelitis can either be an acute or chronic condition in adults. In children it is usually an acute condition. Osteomyelitis affects around 2 out of every 10,000 people in the United States.

Osteomyelitis can be caused by a variety of bacteria and fungi. The most common is staphylococcus aureus. Other causes include:

  • Bacteria in your bloodstream that gets in a localized area of your bone
  • A minor trauma that can result in a blood clot around your bone and then a secondary infection
  • A soft tissue infection or a chronic open wound
  • Any kind of open injury to a bone where it pierces your skin
  • An infection from another place in your body that spreads to your bone through your blood stream.

There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have osteomyelitis. Some of these are:

  • Fever that is abrupt
  • Chills
  • Nausea that is a result of being sick with an infection
  • Sweating excessively
  • Tenderness and/or pain in the affected bone
  • Swelling of your legs, feet or ankles
  • Malaise (general feeling of sickness, discomfort or uneasiness)
  • Changes in your gait (the way you walk)
  • Warmth, redness and swelling in the affected bone
  • Lower back pain if your spine is affected
  • The drainage of pus through your skin
  • Lethargy or irritability in young children
  • Chronic fatigue.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with osteomyelitis. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are not able to work. It may be causing you or your loved one’s disability.

Because of this, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may have applied for the financial assistance that you need by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by osteomyelitis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it. Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one is considering appealing 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 people who do not have a disability lawyer.

Basal Cell Carcinoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Basal cell carcinoma
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Cancer begins in your cells, the building blocks of your body. When things are going as they should, your body produces new cells as you need them, which replace old cells that die.

Sometimes this process does not work right. Old cells do not die when they should, and new cells develop even when you do not need them.

Cancer is not just one disease. It is a group of diseases. Each one of these diseases is marked by cells that are aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of your body).

Skin cancer is divided into two major groups. These are nonmelanoma and melanoma. Basal cell carcinoma is a kind of nonmelanoma skin cancer. It starts in the top layer of your skin that is called the epidermis. Basal cell carcinoma grows slowly and is painless. It is also the least likely cancer to spread in your body.

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer. 75% of all skin cancers are basal cell carcinomas. In fact, it is the most common form of any type of cancer. Over 1 million people are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma every year in just the United States alone.

If you have a new skin growth that does not heal or bleeds easily, this is a sign or indication of a possible basal cell carcinoma. It may appear only slightly different from your normal skin. Basal cell carcinoma can be a growth or bump on your skin. It may look:

  • Brown or flesh-colored
  • Waxy or pearly
  • Light pink or white.

Other signs and symptoms that may indicate the presence of basal cell carcinoma are:

  • Crusting or oozing spots in a sore
  • A sore that has a sunken area in the middle
  • Having irregular blood vessels around or in a spot
  • A scar-like sore in an area that has not been injured.

You or a loved one may have basal cell carcinoma. Although this condition would not normally qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits, basal cell carcinoma and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. It may be the reason why you need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may have already applied for this financial help by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Were you denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one decides to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this carefully. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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

Adrenocortical Carcinoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Adrenocortical carcinoma is a cancer that begins in your adrenal cortex. This is the outside layer of your adrenal gland.

Adrenocortical carcinoma is also referred to by other names. It is also called adrenal cancer, cancer of the adrenal cortex, adrenocortical cancer and adrenal carcinoma.

Fortunately, adrenocortical carcinoma is rare. It affects one or two people per one million in population.

It usually develops in adults who are in their 30s and 40s. There is also a childhood form of the disease that usually occurs in children under 5.

Adrenocortical carcinoma may not cause any signs or symptoms in its early stage. As it progresses, there are many different signs and symptoms that this disease may produce depending on whether you are a boy or girl, man or woman and which hormone this cancer is producing too much of. Adrenocortical carcinoma can cause too much testosterone, cortisol, aldosterone or estrogen.

If there is too much testosterone in women:

  • Balding
  • No menstrual periods
  • Fine hair growth on your arms, upper back or face
  • Deepening voice
  • Acne
  • Men making too much testosterone usually have no symptoms.

If there is too much cortisol:

  • A lump of fat on the back of your neck
  • High blood pressure
  • Fine hair growth on your arms, upper back or face
  • Round, red, full face
  • High blood sugar
  • Weight gain in your neck, face and the trunk of your body with thin legs and arms
  • Muscle weakness
  • Deepening of your voice and swelling of your breasts or sex organs in both women and men.

If there is too much aldosterone:

  • Frequent urination
  • High blood pressure
  • A feeling of thirst
  • Muscle cramps or weakness.

If there is too much estrogen in women:

  • Menstrual bleeding in those who have passed through menopause
  • Irregular menstrual periods in younger women.

If there is too much estrogen in men:

  • Impotence
  • Growth of breast tissue
  • Lower sex drive.

You or your child with disability may have adrenocortical carcinoma. It may be why you are disabled and unable to work.

Do you need help because of this disability? Do you need financial assistance?

Have you applied for that financial help from the Social Security Administration for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits for you or your child with disability because of the disability caused by adrenocortical carcinoma? Were you or your child with disability turned down?

If you are planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something that you always need to remember. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people without a lawyer.

Achalasia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Esophagus
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Your esophagus is made up of three functional parts. The top part is the upper esophageal sphincter. This is a specialized ring of muscle that separates your esophagus from your throat. It stays closed most of the time to keep food from backing up from the main part of your esophagus into your throat. This main part is called the body of your esophagus. The last part of your esophagus is the lower esophageal sphincter. This is a specialized ring of muscle at the junction of the esophagus with your stomach. Like the upper esophageal sphincter, the lower esophageal sphincter stays closed most of the time to keep food in your stomach from backing up into the body of your esophagus.

When your esophagus is working properly it allows food to pass from one section to the next by what is called a peristaltic wave. When food reaches the lower esophageal sphincter, it is open and allows food to pass into your stomach.

Achalasia is a rare disease of the muscle of your esophagus (swallowing tube). The word, “achalasia” means “failure to relax”. It involves the inability of your lower esophageal sphincter to open and let food pass into your stomach.

The most common effect that achalasia will have on you is to cause you to have a hard time swallowing (dysphagia). You may feel like food is sticking in your chest after you swallow it. This problem happens with both solid and liquid food. This is a consistent ongoing problem that happens with virtually every meal that you eat.

Other effects caused by achalasia are:

  • Regurgitation of food trapped in your esophagus
  • Coughing and choking if food enters your throat
  • Aspiration pneumonia can occur if food enters your windpipe (trachea) and lung
  • Loss of weight because of the problem with swallowing
  • Chest pains that are like heartburn or pressure on your sternum.

As you can see, if these effects continue, or you experience them in conjunction with other conditions are complications; you may be unable to work or hold a job. Achalasia and/or other conditions and complications along with it may be the cause of your disability.

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

Have you applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by achalasia and/or complications along with it? Were you denied?

You may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, think about this. You may need a disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in this 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.