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Anarthritic Syndrome and Receiving Disability Benefits

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Anarthritic syndrome is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory autoimmune disease of your large arteries. Anarthritic syndrome is a poorly understood pain syndrome that is evidenced by pain and stiffness in your shoulder and hip girdles, neck, thighs and upper arms.  It is highly possible that if you suffer from this immune system syndrome you may qualify for social security disability benefits such as SSI or SSDI.

Anarthritic syndrome 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 anarthritic syndrome and giant cell arteritis. Each of these disorders seem to have the same disease process with slightly different signs and symptoms. However, you can get one of them without getting the other.

The people who are most often affected by anarthritic syndrome are those who are over 50 years of age. Women are affected by this syndrome more than twice as often as men. Anarthritic syndrome is a relatively common problem in the United States and Europe.

Anarthritic syndrome is believed to be an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is one in which your immune system for some unknown reason attacks the tissues and cells of your own body.

In the case of anarthritic syndrome, 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 that both genetic and environmental factors are probably involved. There may also be a connection between this syndrome and some viruses that cause respiratory infections.

6 Signs and Symptoms of Anarthritic Syndrome

The signs and symptoms that you may experience with this type of autoimmune disease, anarthritic syndrome, often develop suddenly, without warning. They can literally begin overnight. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may have include:

Ÿ  A slight fever at various times

Ÿ  Unintentional weight loss

Ÿ  Anemia (low red blood cell count)

Ÿ  Weakness or malaise (not feeling well)

Ÿ  Moderate to severe aching, pain and stiffness in the muscles of your thighs, hips, shoulders, neck and upper arms

Ÿ  Fatigue.

The pain and stiffness may begin on one side of your body. You will probably be affected on both sides of your body as anarthritic syndrome progresses. The stiffness and pain is usually more severe in the morning or after you have been sitting or lying down for a long time. It may be severe enough to awaken you from sleep.  Please contact us or visit our other site pages for more information about receiving benefits for the autoimmune disease, anarthritic syndrome.

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Paraneoplastic Pemphigus Autoimmune Disease and Qualifying For Disability

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease that is marked by blistering and raw sores on your skin and mucous membranes. The use of Penicillamine is sometimes associated with the occurrence of pemphigus. Penicillamine is a drug that is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Wilson’s disease and scleroderma.

There are three major types of pemphigus that are vastly different in severity. They are pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus and paraneoplastic pemphigus.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus is the rarest kind of pemphigus. However, it is the most serious, severe form of the disease. Most of the time, paraneoplastic pemphigus develops in people who have already been diagnosed with certain types of cancer, such as sarcomas, Castleman‘s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, thymoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus affects men and women equally. It usually begins in people who are middle-aged and older, but the disease can also occur in children and young adults.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus is evidenced by the binding of antibodies to the surface of the cells of your epidermis, which is the outer layer of your skin. This disease is also marked by conjunctiva (scarring and ulceration of your eye and eyelids), skin lesions that may involve violaceous plaques or blisters and severe ulceration of your lips and mouth.

The exact cause of paraneoplastic pemphigus is unknown. As already mentioned, paraneoplastic pemphigus is believed to be an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is one in which for some unknown reason your body’s autoimmune system mistakenly sends antibodies to attack the tissues and cells of your own body. In the case of paraneoplastic pemphigus, there are additional antibodies that are involved in causing the disease that are not seen in other kinds of pemphigus.

As mentioned earlier, paraneoplastic pemphigus is almost always connected to a malignancy of some kind. Other signs and symptoms that you may experience include:

Ÿ    Skin lesions that are highly variable in what they look like that may develop anywhere on your body

Ÿ    These skin lesions may be scaly plaques, ulcerative lesions, red and inflamed spots or fluid-filled blisters

Ÿ    Painful sores on your lips and in your mouth

Ÿ    Ulceration and scarring of your eye and eyelids (conjunctiva)

Ÿ    Lesions in your lungs that may lead to progressive lung disease and make it hard for you to breathe.

 

You  may have been diagnosed with paraneoplastic pemphigus. Paraneoplastic pemphigus and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disease may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be what is causing you not to be able to work.  Paraneoplastic pemphigus may qualify you for SSI or SSDI benefits.

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Reactive Thrombocytosis and Disability Benefits

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Reactive thrombocytosis is a disease that is marked by your body making too many blood platelets (thrombocytes). Reactive thrombocytosis is related to a group of diseases that are referred to as myeloproliferative neoplasms. Your blood and bone marrow are affected by these diseases.

Myeloproliferative neoplasms are characterized by too many cells being made by your body. Myeloproliferative neoplasms are connected to and may develop into more serious conditions, such as myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia.

In order for your blood to clot the way that it ought to, thrombocytes (blood platelets) are required. However, blood clots start to form at any point in your body when you have reactive thrombocytosis. Your hands, feet and brain are the areas where these blood clots occur most of the time.

Reactive thrombocytosis is not a disorder that takes place by itself. It is a secondary disease. If you are afflicted with an underlying ailment that has resulted in reactive thrombocytosis, the underlying ailment and/or reactive thrombocytosis may have caused your disability and may entitle you to receive social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. You will be making the right decision if you contact one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com to find out about your opportunity to get these disability benefits. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com know the requirements for getting a claim approved for disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Do not wait. Contact socialsecurityhome.com, at your earliest convenience.

Reactive thrombocytosis develops secondarily to some other disorder or problem that you have. There are several things that may result in reactive thrombocytosis. Some of these include:

Ÿ  A surgical procedure

Ÿ  Acute hemorrhage or an infection

Ÿ  Anemia

Ÿ  The thinning of your bone tissue and loss of bone density (osteoporosis)

Ÿ  Medication

Ÿ  Stress

Ÿ  A deficiency of iron

Ÿ  Exercise

Ÿ  Some kinds of cancer

Ÿ  Polycythemia vera (a disease that affects other red blood cells, in addition to platelets)

Ÿ  Medications

Ÿ  Arthritis and other chronic inflammation

Ÿ  A splenectomy (surgical removal of your spleen).

There may not be any signs or symptoms at all with reactive thrombocytosis. However, there are several signs and symptoms that you may experience. Some of these are:

Ÿ  An increase in the number of blood clots in your veins and arteries

Ÿ  Stools that are bloody

Ÿ  Bleeding that comes from your gums

Ÿ  Fainting

Ÿ  Weakness

Ÿ  Headache

Ÿ  Bleeding that occurs from your gastrointestinal tract, respiratory system, skin or urinary tract

Ÿ  Dizziness or lightheadedness

Ÿ  Your spleen becoming mildly enlarged

Ÿ  Erythromelalgia (redness, burning and throbbing pain that develops in your hands and feet)

Ÿ  Chest pain

Ÿ  Epistaxis (nosebleeds)

Ÿ  Ulcers that form on your fingers and toes

Ÿ  Temporary changes that occur in your vision

Ÿ  Lymph nodes that become enlarged

Ÿ  Redness, tingling or numbness that develops in your hands and feet

Ÿ  Prolonged bleeding that takes place after you have had a surgical procedure or a tooth extraction

Ÿ  A tendency to bruise easily.

Most of the time, when the underlying problem that has caused your reactive thrombocytosis has been treated, this disorder will probably be resolved.

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Myeloproliferative Disorders and Receiving Disability

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

Myeloproliferative disorders are a group of blood (hematologic) diseases that involve the making of blood cells in your bone marrow. Myeloproliferative disorders are marked by an excessive amount of certain kinds of cells being made.

In particular, the blood cells that are affected by myeloproliferative disorders are platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells. Platelets help stop bleeding by leading to the formation of blood clots. White blood cells fight against infection and disease, and red blood cells take oxygen and nutrients to all of the tissues of your body.

There are several different kinds of myeloproliferative disorders. Some of these include chronic myelogenous leukemia, essential or primary thrombocytosis, idiopathic or primary myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera.

Myeloproliferative disorders are diseases that may affect anyone. They may also take place at any age of life. Do you have one of the myeloproliferative disorders? If this is the case, you may qualify for some type of social security disability, such as SSI or SSDI. A really smart move on your part would be to get in touch with one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com, to explore the options that you have for getting disability benefits. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are the ones to turn to in matters of disability benefits.

Each one of the diseases that are classified as being one of the myeloproliferative disorders is brought about by an excessive amount of one or more kinds of blood cells being produced. However, at the present time, no one knows what causes or triggers this overproduction of blood cells. Researchers theorize that environment and genetics play important roles in leading to myeloproliferative disorders.

Depending on the particular myeloproliferative disorder, there are some risk factors that may increase your risk for developing one of these diseases. Some of these are:

Ÿ  Exposure to intense radiation, petrochemicals (toluene and benzene) or electrical wiring

Ÿ  Being over the age of 60, but for one of the diseases, being between the ages of 45 and 50.

With most of the diseases that make up myeloproliferative disorders, men are at a greater risk for having them than women are. The exception to this is primary or essential thrombocytosis. Women are more likely to get this disease than men are.

In most instances, when you are first diagnosed with one of the myeloproliferative disorders, you may not be having any signs or symptoms at all. One sign or symptom that is common to all of the myeloproliferative disorders except for primary thrombocytosis is an enlarged spleen that may result in a feeling of fullness and abdominal pain. Some other signs and symptoms of the various myeloproliferative disorders include:

Ÿ  Fever and night sweats

Ÿ  Unintentional weight loss or loss of your appetite

Ÿ  Headache and difficulties with your vision

Ÿ  Fatigue

Ÿ  Malaise (general sick feeling or just not feeling well)

Ÿ  Problems with your breathing

Ÿ  Joint and bone pain

Ÿ  Anemia

Ÿ  Abnormal bleeding

Ÿ  Swelling of your hands and feet

Ÿ  Redness and throbbing or burning pain

Ÿ  Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Ÿ  Stroke

Ÿ  Heart attack.

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Hospital Addiction Syndrome and Receiving Disability Benefits

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Mental illness is a term that is used to refer to disorders that involve your mind rather than your body. Mental illness is evidenced by abnormal cognitive or emotional patterns that are related to how you feel, think, act and/or relate to your surroundings and others.

The word “factitious” is taken from a Latin word that means “artificial.” Factitious disorders are mental disorders in which you may act like you have a mental or physical condition, but you consciously create or produce your signs or symptoms.

There are several ways in which you may produce or create signs and symptoms of some type of physical or mental illness. Some of these include altering diagnostic tests, lying or mimicking about signs and symptoms or hurting yourself.

There are different kinds of factitious disorders. Hospital addiction syndrome is one of the forms of factitious disorder.

Hospital addiction syndrome is a mental disorder in which you intentionally act or deliberately falsify or produce signs and symptoms of being mentally or physically ill. This is not done to get some kind of external benefit like financial gain or to avoid legal trouble.

Hospital addiction syndrome is where you produce or falsify signs and symptoms in order that you might receive sympathy and treatment for yourself. It is done so that you may be viewed as someone who is ill or injured.

Hospital addiction syndrome is where you focus on a hospital as being the place where you want to receive your care. This may involve going to the same hospital again and again, or you may go to several hospitals, usually in different cities.

There are several warning signs and symptoms, which may indicate that you have hospital addiction syndrome.

Some of these are:

Ÿ  The presence of many surgical scars

Ÿ  Having an extensive knowledge of hospitals and/or medical terminology, in addition to the textbook description of an ailment

Ÿ  Having signs and symptoms that are unclear or that change, become more severe or are not controllable once your treatment has started

Ÿ  Having predictable relapses that come after improvement in your condition

Ÿ  The appearance of new or additional signs and symptoms after you have had negative test results

Ÿ  A willingness or eagerness to undergo diagnostic tests, operations or other procedures

Ÿ  Signs and symptoms that take place only when you are alone or are not being observed

Ÿ  Having a dramatic but inconsistent medical history

Ÿ  A reluctance on your part to permit health care professionals to meet or talk with your family, friends or previous health care providers

Ÿ  A history of seeking treatment at several different hospitals, maybe even in different cities.

If you think that you might have hospital addiction syndrome, you may be entitled to receive some type of social security disability benefits, such as SSI or SSDI. A good thing to do is to talk to one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com stand ready to assist you in the matter of acquiring disability benefits.

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Renal Artery Occlusion and Social Security Disability

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

The arteries that take blood from your heart to your kidneys are your renal arteries. Your aorta is the main artery that leaves your heart. You renal arteries branch directly off of your aorta. Your renal arteries branch on both sides of your aorta and travel down to each one of your kidneys.

A very large quantity of blood is taken by your renal arteries to your kidneys. Your kidneys filter this blood. Every minute, your heart pumps out about 5 liters of blood.

Somewhere around 1 to 1.5 liters or 25% of this amount of blood goes through your kidneys every minute.

Renal artery stenosis (narrowing) is a disorder that is characterized by a decrease in the diameter of your renal arteries, which means that there is a decrease in the amount of blood that flows from your heart to your kidneys. This narrowing of your renal arteries may result in high blood pressure (hypertension) that is referred to as renovascular hypertension and damage to the functioning of your kidneys.

If renal artery stenosis affects both of your renal arteries, the result is kidney failure. This is due to the fact that your kidney function becomes progressively worse when there is a decrease in blood flow to both of your kidneys. When only one of your renal arteries is narrowed by renal artery stenosis, renovascular hypertension takes place.

Renal artery occlusion is similar to renal artery stenosis. However, the difference is that with renal artery occlusion, there is a complete blockage of the flow of blood through one or both of your renal arteries.

Renal artery occlusion is an extremely serious problem. If blood flow is not quickly restored through your renal arteries to your kidneys, permanent kidney failure may take place. If you have suffered renal artery occlusion, you may be able to obtain social security disability benefits, such as SSDI or SSI. It is always a good decision to contact one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com to get their advice. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com will work hard to get you all of the disability benefits that are coming to you. Do not wait. Go to socialsecurityhome.com, right now.

One or both of your renal arteries may become blocked either gradually or suddenly. When the blockage occurs gradually, it is usually caused by 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.

When the blockage happens suddenly, it is due to the forming of a blood clot. This is referred to as renal artery thrombosis.

There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication of renal artery occlusion. Some of these may include:

Ÿ  Hematuria (blood in your urine)

Ÿ  Vomiting

Ÿ  Steady, aching pain in your flank

Ÿ  Abdominal pain

Ÿ  Fever

Ÿ  Nausea

Ÿ  Back pain.

Frontal section through the kidney

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Diabetic Proximal Neuropathy and Filing Social Security Disability

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

The nervous system of your body is made up of two parts. They are your central nervous system and your peripheral nervous system.

Your central nervous system is composed of all of the nerves that are in your brain and spinal cord. Your peripheral nervous system includes all of the rest of your nerves that are not found in your spinal cord and brain. Your peripheral nervous system is the vast communications network that takes information from your brain and spinal cord to all of the rest of your body.

Any ailment or injury that affects your nerves or nerves cells is called a neuropathy. Neuropathy may affect either your peripheral nervous system or your central nervous system.

Peripheral neuropathy is any sort of ailment or injury that has to do with your peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy causes distortion and may interrupt the messages from your brain to the remainder of your body in a way that is similar to static on a telephone line.

There are over 100 kinds of peripheral neuropathy. It is a condition that more than 20 million people in the United States are suffering from.

Diabetes is another disorder that affects your nerves. The nerves that permit you to feel sensations such as pain may be hurt as a result of diabetes. When this takes place, it is referred to as diabetic neuropathy.

Diabetic proximal neuropathy is one of the types of diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic proximal neuropathy involves the nerves that are closer to your shoulders or hips. It involves your legs in most instances, but diabetic proximal neuropathy may also affect the nerves in your abdomen and arms.

Diabetic proximal neuropathy is usually brought on by long periods of exposure to high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar levels may lead to damage to delicate nerve fibers. Although diabetic proximal neuropathy may take place in anyone with diabetes, it develops most of the time in people who are afflicted with type 2 diabetes and in older adults.

In most cases, the signs and symptoms of diabetic proximal neuropathy occur on one side of your body. However, it is possible that they may also spread to the other side of your body. Some signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

Ÿ  Thigh muscles that eventually become weak and atrophied (waste away)

Ÿ  Sudden, severe pain that develops in your thigh and buttock or hips

Ÿ  Swelling in your abdomen if it is affected by the disorder

Ÿ  Difficulty in getting up from a seated position

Ÿ  Weight loss that is not intentional.

If you are having to deal with diabetic proximal neuropathy, this may enable you to receive social security disability benefits such as SSDI or SSI. A good decision is to go to socialsecurityhome.com and get the advice of one of the social security attorneys to see what medical problems possibly allow you to receive benefits. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com know what the Social Security Administration requires in order for you to be able to get the disability benefits that you deserve.

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Dropsy and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Dropsy is swelling that takes place as a result of fluid becoming trapped in the tissues of your body. Dropsy refers to large amounts of fluid that are retained in your circulatory system or the spaces between the cells of your body.

In most cases, dropsy takes place in your feet, legs and ankles. However, dropsy may also develop in other areas of your body, such as your face and hands.

It is important to understand that dropsy is not a disease or a disorder. Dropsy is a sign or symptom of an underlying problem that is causing it. In fact, dropsy may be the primary sign or symptom of the underlying difficulty that is responsible for it. If dropsy is chronic (long-term, ongoing) and widespread, it may be a sign of a serious underlying medical problem.

Dropsy is an older term that is used for swelling in your soft tissues. This condition is also known by other names. It is referred to as fluid retention, edema, swollen legs, hydropsy and swelling.

Dropsy is a condition that can take place in anyone at any time. However, dropsy occurs most of the time in women who are pregnant and older adults.

Dropsy is a result of tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in your body leaking fluid. This fluid leakage may be caused by damage to or increased pressure in your capillaries. This leakage may also be the result of lowered levels of serum albumin. Serum albumin is one of the proteins in your blood. The fluid that leaks from your capillaries gets into your surrounding tissue. When this happens, the tissue begins to swell.

As mentioned earlier, dropsy is a sign or symptom of an underlying problem that causes your capillaries to start leaking. There are several things that can do this. Some of these include:

  • Congestive heart failure
  • Medications, such as corticosteroids, calcium channel blockers and NSAIDs
  • Brain tumors or head trauma
  • Pregnancy
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Cirrhosis of the liver
  • Allergic reactions
  • Critical illness, such as life-threatening infections or burns
  • Obstruction of the flow of liquid from a body part

Even though dropsy is a sign or symptom of an underlying problem, there are also signs and symptoms that may be an indication of dropsy. Some of these are:

  • Stretched or shiny skin
  • Swelling or puffiness of the tissue that is located under your skin (subcutaneous tissue)
  • An increase in the size of your abdomen
  • Your skin continuing to keep a dimple even after it has been pressed for several seconds.
  • Indications of dropsy in your lungs include:
  • Shortness of breath
  • Chest pain
  • Having trouble breathing

If you are experiencing dropsy, the underlying difficulty that is responsible for it may make you eligible to receive social security disability benefits like SSDI or SSI. A good decision would be to turn to one of the social security disability lawyers at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com will help you explore your options in regard to disability benefits.

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Supraglottitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Your epiglottis is a thin lid-like flap of cartilage tissue that is joined to the root of your tongue. Your epiglottis is situated in front, behind your tongue and in front of the entrance to your larynx (voice box).

Your epiglottis is what allows air to pass through your voice box and into the remainder of your respiratory system while you are at rest. Your epiglottis covers the entrance to your voice box when you swallow. By virtue of this action, your epiglottis prevents liquids and food from going into your windpipe.

Food might get into your lungs and air might be able to enter your stomach if both your air passage and food passage were open as you swallow. One of the main purposes and tasks of your epiglottis is to prevent this from happening. The way in which your epiglottis accomplishes this is by working the way a lid does every time you swallow.

Supraglottitis is a disease that is marked by your epiglottis becoming swollen and inflamed. The flow of air into your lungs gets blocked when this disease takes place, and it becomes a potentially life-threatening occurrence. If you are suffering from supraglottitis, you may qualify to receive some kind of social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. It is always a wise move to contact one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com to explore the options that are available to you. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are experienced in dealing with the Social Security Administration when it comes to disability benefits. Go to socialsecurityhome.com, right now.

Fortunately, supraglottitis is a rare disease in adults in the United States. However, there is some evidence which indicates that the incidence of the disease may be on the rise. It is estimated that there are somewhere around 10 to 40 cases of supraglottitis per million people in the United States.

Supraglottitis takes place in men more often than it does in women. This is by a ratio of about 6 to 4.

Supraglottitis may be brought about by either injury or infection. Injuries that may lead to this disease include:

  • Swallowing a chemical that burns your throat
  • Burns that occur as a result of drinking an extremely hot liquid
  • Smoking drugs, such as crack cocaine
  • Sustaining a direct blow of some kind to your throat
  • Swallowing a foreign object

Infections that may result in supraglottitis are:

  • Pneumococcus (streptococcus pneumoniae)
  • Candida albicans
  • Streptococcus A, B and C
  • Varicella zoster
  • Hib bacteria (Haemophilus influenzae type b)

The signs and symptoms that result from supraglottitis may occur slowly over a period of days in adults. However, the signs and symptoms of supraglottitis may also come on within a matter of a few hours. Some of the signs and symptoms of this disease include:

  • Having problems with speaking
  • Having a difficult time breathing
  • A heart rate that is fast
  • A severe sore throat
  • Breathing that becomes raspy and harsh
  • Fever
  • Your voice becoming muffled or hoarse
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Vascular Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

Your thoracic outlet lies between your chest and your neck. Your thoracic outlet is above the top of your rib cage.

Inside of your thoracic outlet are a network of nerves that runs to your arms (brachial plexus), your clavicle (collar bone), your first rib and the arteries that are underneath your collar bone (subclavian artery) that supply blood to your arms. Anatomical structures, such as your nerves and blood vessels that travel to your neck and arm region, trachea and esophagus go through your thoracic outlet.

There are a group of disorders that occur when your nerves or blood vessels inside of your thoracic outlet are compressed (pressed together, squeezed). These are known as thoracic outlet syndrome. Abnormal nerve sensations and pain in your shoulder, hand and/or arm and neck are what mark thoracic outlet syndrome.

Thoracic outlet syndrome occurs more often in women than it does in men. Women who are between the ages of 35 and 55 develop this syndrome most of the time.

As has already been mentioned, thoracic outlet syndrome results when blood vessels and nerves in your thoracic outlet are compressed. There are several things that can bring this about, such as:

  • Congenital (present at birth) structural defects that you inherit like an extra rib above your first rib (cervical rib) or a fibrous band that is abnormally tight that connects your rib to your spine
  • Poor posture that includes holding your head in a forward position or your shoulders drooping
  • Pressure on your joints that comes from things like carrying a backpack or an oversized bag
  • Pregnancy, as it loosens your joints
  • Any repetitive activity that requires you to do the same thing time after time
  • A traumatic event like a car accident
  • Pressure on your joints because of obesity

Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome is one of the forms of this syndrome. As the name suggests, vascular thoracic outlet syndrome is when this syndrome affects your vascular system. Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome is evidenced by one or more of the veins and arteries under your collar bone in your thoracic outlet being compressed. If you are afflicted with vascular thoracic outlet syndrome, it may be that you are entitled to social security disability benefits such as SSDI or SSI. It is never a mistake to seek the advice of one of the SSI or SSDI attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are knowledgeable about disability benefits.

There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication of vascular thoracic outlet syndrome. Possible signs and symptoms are:

  • A throbbing lump that is near your collar bone
  • Weak or no pulse in your arm that is affected
  • Swelling and pain in your arm that may result from blood clots
  • Tiny, usually infarcts (black spots) on your fingers
  • A bluish discoloration of your hand
  • Pallor (a lack of color) in one or more of your fingers or your entire hand
  • Subclavian vein thrombosis (a blood clot under your collar bone)
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