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Posts Tagged ‘Artery’

Coronary Artery Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, June 17th, 2010
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The coronary arteries supply your heart with oxygen, blood and nutrients. When blood flow through these arteries becomes hindered through disease or damage, the disease is called coronary artery disease.

This obstruction happens when there is a gradual buildup of fatty deposits (plaques) inside of your coronary arteries (atherosclerosis). These deposits slowly narrow your coronary arteries, causing your heart to receive less blood.

Coronary Artery disease develops very slowly. Often times, it takes decades for this disease to develop. Because of this, coronary artery disease may go unnoticed until it produces a heart attack.

At first, as these fatty deposits are building up inside of your coronary arteries, you may not have any effects from coronary artery disease. As the disease progresses, however, you may be affected by things that include:

  • Shortness of breath – You may experience total fatigue with exertion and swelling in your ankles and feet.
  • Chest pain – You may experience tightness or pressure in your chest like someone is standing on your chest.
  • Heart attack – You may have pain in your arm or shoulder, crushing pain in your chest and shortness of breath, which are all classic symptoms of a heart attack.

The effects produced by coronary artery disease and/or serious complications resulting from it can cause you to be incapacitated. These effects can cause you to be disabled and unable to work or hold a job.

This may describe you or a loved one’s situation. You or your loved one may be disabled and unable to work because of the disability caused by coronary artery disease and/or complications resulting from this condition.

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

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

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

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

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

Do not delay. Do not put this off. This could affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life.

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Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, March 29th, 2010
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Arteries are blood vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen from your heart to the rest of your body. Healthy arteries are elastic, flexible and strong. Over time, however, too much pressure in your arteries can make the walls of your arteries thick and stiff. Sometimes this restricts blood flow to your tissues and organs. This process is called arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.

The two terms arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis are often used interchangeably. Atherosclerosis, however, is a specific type of arteriosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a hardening of an artery due specifically because of the buildup of plaque.

There is a third term that is similar in spelling, yet distinct in both spelling and meaning. Arteriolosclerosis refers to a hardening of arterioles (small arteries), while arteriosclerosis refers to a hardening of medium and large arteries.

Atherosclerosis can affect arteries in any part of your body, even though it is usually considered to be a heart problem. When it affects arteries going to your limbs you may have circulation problems in your legs and arms called peripheral arterial disease. When atherosclerosis affects arteries that supply blood to your brain, you could have a stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA). If the arteries of your heart are affected, you may have angina, heart attack or coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis can also cause a bulge in the wall of your artery. This is called an aneurysm.

Arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis is a gradual process. You do not usually experience any effects until your artery becomes so clogged or narrowed that it cannot supply an adequate amount of blood to your tissues and organs.

Specific ways that arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis can affect you depend on which of your arteries are affected. If it affects:

  • Arteries in your arms and legs – You may experience signs and symptoms of peripheral arterial disease like leg pain when you are walking.
  • Heart arteries – You may have symptoms of a heart attack like chest pain.
  • Arteries supplying blood to your brain – You may experience signs of a stroke, such as dizziness, numbness and weakness.

Arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis may also cause erectile dysfunction in men.

The effects caused by this condition may be keeping you or a loved one from working. Arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis may be the reason for your disability.

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

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

If you or your loved one is planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, keep this in mind. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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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.

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An Aneurysm and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

If you have an aneurysm anywhere in your body, you will probably experience lightheadedness, swelling, high heart rate and low blood pressure. An aneurysm may also effect you be causing weakness and pain.

The effects caused by an aneurysm may prevent you from working, as they may cause you to be unable to stand or even sit for any length of time. An aneurysm may be the reason for you or your loved one’s disability.

You or your loved one may be in need of help. You may need financial aid.

You or your loved one may wonder if you would be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by an aneurysm.

A wise disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com is the one who can best advise you about this matter.

Here is some information about aneurysms before we get into your Social Security disability case.

The word “aneurysm” comes from the Greek meaning, “a widening”. An aneurysm refers to a blood vessel that becomes abnormally large or balloons outward. Wherever an aneurysm occurs, your blood vessel bulges like a weak spot on an old worn tire. The bulge in your blood vessel can burst at any time and lead to death. The larger an aneurysm becomes, the more likely it is to burst.

Aneurysms occur most commonly in arteries at the base of your brain or in the aorta. This is the main artery coming out of your heart. This type of an aneurysm is called an aortic aneurysm. However, an aneurysm can also occur in your brain, neck, spleen, heart, intestine and back of your thighs and knees, as well as other parts of your body.

Most of the time an aneurysm happens in your aorta. If it takes place in your chest, an aneurysm is called a thoracic aortic aneurysm. If an aneurysm takes place in your abdomen it is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Have you or your loved one already applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of an aneurysm and been denied? Are you wondering what to do now? Do you know your options?

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

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

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

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