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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Leukemia is one of several different cancers that affect your blood and/or bone marrow. It is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of blood cells that are usually leukocytes (white blood cells).

The term “leukemia” may refer to a wide group of diseases. Leukemia is divided into groups and categories both pathologically and clinically. The first division is between the chronic and acute forms of leukemia. The type of blood cell that leukemia affects is the next division.

This division is between lymphocytic and myelogenous leukemia. Lymphocytic leukemias include acute lymphocytic leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is one of the types of myelogenous leukemia. It affects your bone marrow and blood.

Acute myelogenous leukemia gets its name from the word “acute” which indicates that the disease develops rapidly and affects immature blood cells, rather than mature blood cells. “Myelogenous” is a reference to a group of white blood cells called the myeloid cells that the disease affects. These cells normally develop into various kinds of mature blood cells like white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets.

Acute myelogenous leukemia is known by several other names. It is called acute myeloid leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.

Over 10,000 new cases of acute myelogenous leukemia are diagnosed every year in the United States. It is more common in whites than in other races. Men are more likely than women to get acute myelogenous leukemia.

The incidence of acute myelogenous leukemia increases with age. The median onset age is 65. It is the most common acute form of leukemia that affects adults, although it can develop at any time at any age.

In the early stages of acute myelogenous leukemia, it may affect you or appear like flu or other common illnesses. The effects can be different depending on the kind of blood cell the disease is affecting. Some of the effects may be:

  • Pain or tenderness in your bones
  • Shortness of breath that increase with physical activity
  • Weight loss
  • Bleeding from your nose
  • Skin lesion or rash
  • Fever
  • Fatigue and lethargy
  • Abnormal menstrual periods in women
  • Bleeding from your gums
  • Bruising easily
  • Paleness
  • Frequent infections.

These effects produced by acute myelogenous leukemia may be where you are unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

Do you need help? Do you need financial help?

Have you applied for assistance from the Social Security Administration for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by acute myelogenous leukemia? Were you denied?

If you appeal the denial, remember this. You will need an established disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com in this process. The reason for this is because people represented by an experienced disability attorney are approved more often than people without a lawyer.

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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Leukemia is a term that can refer to any one of several different cancers that affect your blood and/or bone marrow. It is evidenced by an abnormal accumulation of blood cells. These are usually leukocytes (white blood cells).

Leukemia can also refer to a wide spectrum of diseases. Leukemia is divided clinically and pathologically into categories and groups. Acute and chronic types of leukemia are the first division.

The next division of leukemia is based on the type of blood cell that it affects. These are lymphocytic and myelogenous leukemia.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a type of lymphocytic leukemia. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the other type of lymphocytic leukemia.

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is one of the types of myelogenous leukemia. Chronic myelogenous leukemia is the other type of myelogenous leukemia. They both affect your blood and bone marrow.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia is an uncommon form of cancer. It gets its name from “chronic”, which means that it advances more slowly than the acute types of cancer, and “myelogenous” that indicates the kind of cells that are affected.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia is also called other things. It is also referred to as chronic granulocytic leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia.

This disease usually affects older adults, but it can happen at any age. Children are rarely affected by chronic myelogenous leukemia. According to the National Cancer Institute, close to 5,000 people are diagnosed with this form of leukemia every year in the United States.

You may not be affected by chronic myelogenous leukemia for a long time. When you do begin to experience signs and symptoms with this disease they may include:

  • Malaise (general feeling of weakness or sickness)
  • Increased susceptibility to infections
  • Low-grade fever
  • Gout
  • Easy bleeding
  • Loss of appetite
  • Loss of weight without trying
  • Excessive sweating at night (night sweats)
  • Paleness
  • Fullness or pain on your left side below your ribs.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia and/or complications resulting from or along with it can cause you to be debilitated. You or a loved one may be disabled because of this disorder.

You or your loved one may need help. You may need financial help.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by chronic myelogenous leukemia and/or complications resulting from it? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, think about this.

You may need a disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home to help you through this procedure. This is true because people who have a disability lawyer working for them are approved more often than those people who are not represented by an attorney.

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Hairy Cell Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

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

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

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

Hairy cell leukemia is one of the forms of leukemia. It affects B cells, which are a kind of white blood cells. Your bone marrow makes too many of these B cells. These excess B cells are not normal and appear to be hairy under a microscope. Less and less healthy platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells are made as the amount of hairy cell leukemia cells increase.

Fortunately, hairy cell leukemia is a rare form of leukemia. Only about 2% of all leukemias are hairy cell leukemia.

The average age at onset for hairy cell leukemia is 55. This disease affects men more than women.

Hairy cell leukemia is caused by mutations that occur in B cells. However, no one knows what causes these changes to take place.

Hairy cell leukemia may not cause any signs or symptoms. When it does cause signs and symptoms, they are not unique to this disease but are common to several conditions and diseases. Some of these are:

  • Unintended weight loss
  • Infections that reoccur
  • Weakness
  • Bruising easily
  • Fatigue
  • Not being able to eat more than a little bit at a time due to a feeling of fullness in your abdomen
  • Sweating excessively, especially at night
  • Swollen lymph glands.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia. This disease and/or complications resulting from it may be the reason for your disability. Is this why you or your loved one needs financial assistance?

You or your loved one may be considering applying for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by hairy cell leukemia and/or complications resulting from this disease. Have you done this and been denied?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find here are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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Amyloidosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
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Amyloidosis is a rare and potentially fatal disease that happens when substances called amyloid proteins build up in your organs. Amyloid proteins are abnormal proteins that are usually produced by cells in your bone marrow. They can be deposited in any tissue or organ in your body.

Amyloidosis can affect different organs in different people. There are many different types of amyloidosis. They are distinguished by the type of protein fibrils (small fibers) that are deposited in your tissues and organs. These include:

  • Primary amyloidosis – This form occurs independently of other disease (no specific disease or cause is related to the abnormal protein deposits). Primary amyloidosis usually affects your tongue, thyroid gland, kidneys, liver, intestines, spleen, heart, lung and skin. This type of amyloidosis is rare.
  • Secondary amyloidosis – This is the most common form of amyloidosis. It usually occurs with another long-term illness like tuberculosis, multiple myeloma, rheumatoid arthritis, osteomyelitis or Crohn’s disease. Secondary amyloidosis usually affects your spleen, liver, kidneys and sometimes your vascular system and lymph nodes.
  • Familial (inherited) amyloidosis – This type is present in a series of genetically transmitted diseases that typically affect your skin, kidney, heart and other areas of your body.
  • Senile amyloidosis – This form develops secondary to old age. It can affect your pancreas, heart and sometimes your brain.

In addition to these systemic forms of amyloidosis listed above, the amyloid deposits can also be localized. Localized amyloidosis can be associated with normal aging, Alzheimer’s disease, endocrine tumors and adult onset diabetes.

There are many different signs and symptoms that you may experience with amyloidosis. These include:

  • Shortness of breath
  • Weakness
  • Weight loss
  • Severe fatigue
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Numbness or tingling in your hands and feet
  • Skin changes
  • An enlarged tongue (macroglossia)
  • An irregular heartbeat
  • Swelling of your legs and ankles
  • Diarrhea
  • Weak hand grip
  • Clay-colored stools
  • Decrease in urine output
  • Joint pain
  • Changing voice or hoarseness.

Amyloidosis may cause serious complications. Some of these are kidney damage, heart damage and nervous system damage.

Amyloidosis and the complications it can cause may be the reason that you are unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by adult onset asthma? Were you denied?

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

You will need a confident disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a caring disability attorney representing them are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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Multiple Myeloma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Cancer starts in your cells. These are the basic building blocks of your body. Old cells die when they should and new cells take their place when you need them if your body is functioning like it ought to. But, when things go wrong, old cells do not die like they should and new cells develop when you do not require them.

A tumor (mass) can originate with these excess cells. These tumors are either benign or malignant. Benign tumors are not cancer. Malignant ones are.

Cancer is much broader than a single disease. It is a wide group of diseases. Cancer is evidenced by cells that are invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue), aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of the body).

Multiple myeloma is one of the many different types of cancer. It begins in your plasma cells in your bone marrow. These are a kind of white blood cell that produces proteins that are called antibodies that help you to fight infection.

With multiple myeloma, a group of mutated (abnormal) plasma cells that are called myeloma cells multiply, which raises the amount of abnormal proteins in your blood. The result can be difficulties with your immune system, red blood cell count, kidneys and bones.

Over 20,000 new cases of multiple myeloma are diagnosed each year in the United States. Most of the people who get this disease are over 50 years of age. Men have this disease more often than women.

Like many other cancers, multiple myeloma may not cause any signs or symptoms in its early stages. Signs and symptoms may also vary from person to person. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

  • Unexplained fractures
  • Back or bone pain
  • Problems with bleeding
  • An increased likelihood of infection
  • Mental confusion
  • Constipation
  • Excessive urination and thirst
  • A high calcium level in your blood
  • Numbness or weakness in your legs
  • Symptoms of anemia like shortness of breath, fatigue and tiredness
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Loss of appetite
  • Nausea.

You or a loved one may have multiple myeloma. This disease and/or complications resulting from it may be causing your disability and need of financial help.

You or your loved one may consider applying for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by multiple myeloma and/or complications resulting from this disease. You or your loved one may have already applied and been turned down?

If you or your loved one decides to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, never forget. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer.

Contact the disability attorney at Social Security Home, today.

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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Leukemia is one of the many different kinds of cancer. It affects your bone marrow or blood. An abnormal accumulation of blood cells that are usually leukocytes (white blood cells) are what marks leukemia.

The term “leukemia” is used to refer to a broad spectrum of diseases. Leukemia is divided into categories and groups both clinically and pathologically. The acute and chronic forms of leukemia are the first division. Leukemia is then divided according to the type of blood cell that it affects. Lymphocytic and myelogenous are what these two divisions are.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is one of the types of lymphocytic leukemia. It affects your blood and bone marrow.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia gets its name from the word “chronic” that indicates that the disease develops more slowly than other types of leukemia. “Lymphocytic” is a reference to the white blood cells that the disease affects. These are the cells that help your body fight infection.

Somewhere around 15,000 people are diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the United States each year. It usually affects people over 50, but you can get chronic lymphocytic leukemia at any age. Children are rarely affected by this form of leukemia.

Because chronic lymphocytic leukemia develops slowly over time, you may not have any signs and symptoms with this disease. If you are affected by this disease, these are some of the things you may have:

  • Fever
  • Weight loss
  • Infections that happen often
  • Fatigue
  • Painless, but enlarged lymph nodes
  • Night sweats.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia may have developed to a stage where you or a loved one is incapacitated. This disease may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

You may be in need of help. You may need financial aid.

Where will the financial help that you or your loved needs come from? Who can you count on? What will you do?

Have you or your loved one already applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemia and/or complications resulting from or along with this disease? Have you or your loved one been denied?

Are you wondering what to do now? Do you know what your options are?

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

You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one you will find here to help and assist you in this long and arduous process. The reason that this is true is because people who have a disability attorney in their corner are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

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Aplastic Anemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Anemia is a disorder that develops when your blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Your red blood cells are the main transporters of oxygen to your organs.

If your red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin, your body will not have a sufficient amount of iron. When your organs do not get enough oxygen, you experience signs and symptoms associated with anemia.

Somewhere around 3.5 million people have one of the different types of anemia in the United States. The most common blood condition in America is anemia. It is most common in women and people with chronic diseases.

Senior citizens are also more likely to get anemia. This is because of other medical conditions and poor diet.

There are more than 400 types of anemia. All of these vary greatly in their causes and treatments.

Aplastic anemia is one of the forms of anemia that can be extremely serious and severe. Although it can develop at any age, Aplastic anemia is most common in people between 10 and 20 years of age and those over age 40.

Fortunately, aplastic anemia is a rare disorder. It affects men slightly more than women. People of all ethnic groups are affected by aplastic anemia.

Aplastic anemia involves a failure of your bone marrow to produce enough blood cells for circulation. It causes you to have lower counts in all three of your blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

There are several ways that aplastic anemia can affect you. They include causing you to experience:

  • Prolonged or frequent infections
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath especially with exercise or exertion
  • Pale skin
  • Rapid heart rate
  • Easy or unexplained bruising
  • Bleeding gums and nosebleeds
  • Prolonged bleeding from cuts
  • Skin rash.

There are serious problems that can occur along with or because of aplastic anemia. The danger of uncontrolled bleeding and a greater risk of getting infections are two of the complications involving aplastic anemia.

These complications and effects that aplastic anemia can cause may render you or a loved one to be disabled.

Is this true of you or your loved one? Is aplastic anemia the cause of your disability?

Do you need help? Do you need financial help because of you or your loved one’s disability?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied? You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration.

If you do, here is something to think about. You may need a disability attorney to help you through this procedure. The reason for this is because people who are represented by a disability lawyer are approved more often than people without an attorney.

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects your blood or bone marrow. It is evidenced by an abnormal accumulation of blood cells that are usually leukocytes (white blood cells).

Leukemia is used to refer to a variety of diseases. It is pathologically and clinically divided into groups and categories. The first division is into leukemia’s acute and chronic forms. Then, leukemia is divided according to the kind of blood cell that it affects. These two divisions are myelogenous and lymphocytic.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is one of the types of lymphocytic leukemia. It affects your blood and bone marrow.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia gets its name from the word “acute” that indicates that the disease develops rapidly and affects immature blood cells, rather than mature blood cells. “Lymphocytic” is a reference to the white blood cells that the disease affects.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is also known by other names. It is also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute childhood leukemia.

Although adults, especially those 65 and over, get this form of leukemia, it is the most common form of leukemia in young children. In fact, acute lymphocytic leukemia represents 80% of all the childhood acute leukemias. Most of the cases occur in children 3 – 7 years of age.

There are several effects that acute lymphocytic leukemia can have on you. Some of these are:

  • Severe or frequent nosebleeds
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fever
  • Weight loss
  • Bleeding from your gums
  • Fatigue, weakness or a general loss of energy
  • Infections that happen often
  • Skin that is pale
  • Loss of appetite
  • Swollen lymph nodes that cause lumps around and in your groin, stomach, underarm and neck.

These effects caused by acute lymphocytic leukemia can be debilitating. You or a loved one may be disabled and unable to work because of this disease.

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

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who can you turn to? Who can and will help you?

Have you, on behalf of your child with disability, or your loved one applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by acute lymphocytic leukemia? Was your child with disability or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

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

You will need a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in what can be a long and trying 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.

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

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Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As a result, you or your loved one may need assistance. You may need financial help.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by leukemia? Were you or your loved one denied?

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

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

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