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Brugada Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, June 7th, 2010
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Your heart is the center of your cardiovascular system. Your heart pumps blood to all of your cells through your body’s blood vessels. Your blood carries oxygen that your cells need.

Brugada syndrome is a medical condition that disrupts your heart’s normal rhythm and is marked by a specific abnormal heartbeat. It can result in uncoordinated electrical activity in your heart’s ventricles (lower chambers). This is referred to as ventricular arrhythmia. This, in turn, can lead to fainting, problems breathing, seizures or sudden death.

Brugada syndrome gets its name from the Brugada brothers. They recognized it as a distinct clinical entity in 19992. It is also referred to as Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome (SUDS)

It is estimated that Brugada syndrome affects 5 in 10,000 people worldwide. Brugada syndrome affects both men and women, but it affects men 8 to 10 times more often than women.

The cause of some cases of Brugada syndrome is not known. It is believed to be an inherited condition. The pattern of inheritance is autosomal dominant. This means that only one of your parents has to have the defective gene. Other possible causes of Brugada syndrome are imbalances in electrolytes (chemicals that help transmit electrical signals through your body), the effects of certain prescription medications, cocaine use and a structural abnormality in your heart.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having Brugada syndrome. These include:

  • Being of the Asian race
  • Having a family history of Brugada syndrome
  • Being male
  • Fever because of the risk of fainting.

Many times Brugada syndrome does not cause any signs or symptoms that you would be aware of. There are signs and symptoms that you may experience that can be an indication of this condition. The primary indication of Brugada syndrome is an arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that is called a Brugada sign. This is not something that you can feel. It is detected by an ECG (electrocardiogram) heart test. Other signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • Palpitations or irregular heartbeats
  • Sudden cardiac arrest (heartbeat that stops)
  • Syncope (fainting)
  • Seizures
  • Difficulty breathing

You or a loved one may have Brugada syndrome. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be the cause of your disability. It may be why you need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may intend to apply for financial help from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. Have you already done this and been denied?

If you or your loved one decides to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something you need to be aware of. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer.

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Cardiac Arrhythmia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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Cardiac arrhythmia is a medical term that refers to any of a group of conditions in which the electrical activity of your heart is irregular. This electrical activity may be slower or faster than normal.

Some arrhythmias are minor. They can take place in a normal, healthy heart. They can be regarded as normal. Other cardiac arrhythmias are serious, life- threatening medical emergencies that can cause cardiac arrest and sudden death.

There are several different kinds of cardiac arrhythmia. Some of these arrhythmias include:

  • Tachycardia is a cardiac arrhythmia where your resting heart rate is faster than 100 beats a minute.
  • Bradycardia is a cardiac arrhythmia where your resting heart rate is slower than 60 beats a minute.
  • Fibrillation is a serious form of cardiac arrhythmia. The muscle cells of your heart normally function together creating a single contraction when they are stimulated.  Fibrillation is when your heart muscle begins a quivering motion caused by a disunity in contractile cell function.

There are other kinds of common cardiac arrhythmia. These include atrial, ventricular, atrial ventricular, functional arrhythmias, heart blocks and trigeminal rhythm (trigeminy).

One of the dangers of cardiac arrhythmia is that it can be silent and cause you no ill effects at all. When you are affected by cardiac arrhythmia, you may experience:

  • Dizziness or feeling light-headed
  • Chest discomfort
  • Shortness of breath
  • Weakness or fatigue
  • Pounding in the chest
  • Palpitations
  • Fainting.

The effects caused by cardiac arrhythmia like shortness of breath, pounding in your chest and dizziness or fainting may be serious enough to keep you or a loved one from being able to work. Cardiac arrhythmia may be the reason for you or your loved one’s disability.

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

You or your loved one may be planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something critical that you should know.

You may need a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to help and represent you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason that this is true is because people who have a disability lawyer in their corner are approved more often than those people who are not represented by an attorney.

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Bradycardia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Cardiac arrhythmia is a medical term that refers to any of a group of conditions in which the electrical activity of your heart is irregular, or is faster or slower than normal. Some arrhythmias are minor and can be looked at as normal. Others are serious, life- threatening medical emergencies that can cause cardiac arrest and sudden death.

Bradycardia is a type or kind of cardiac arrhythmia. Bradycardia is a medical term that refers to a slow resting heart rate. Usually bradycardia is when your resting heart rate is below 50 to 60 beats a minute.

A resting heart rated below 50 to 60 beats a minute does not always indicate bradycardia. Athletes sometimes have a resting heart rate below 50. The term “relative bradycardia” is used in reference to a heart rate that is not below 60 beats a minute, but is considered to be too slow for your current medical condition.

Bradycardia develops in three basic sites. They are the sinus node, autonomic nervous system or conduction system. “Sick Sinus Syndrome” is bradycardia that originates in the sinus node of your heart. Bradycardia that develops in the autonomic nervous system involves the nerves that control the speed of your heartbeat. “Stokes-Adams Heart Block” refers to the bradycardia that begins in your conduction system.

It is possible that you may not have any signs or symptoms at all with bradycardia. You can have bradycardia and not know it until a doctor discovers it during a physical exam. If bradycardia does affect you, here are some things that you may experience:

  • Fatigue
  • Fainting
  • Shortness of breath
  • Heart palpitations.

As mentioned above, you may not feel any effects from your bradycardia. However, the effects caused by bradycardia can be severe and debilitating.

Bradycardia may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

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

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 bradycardia? Were you or your loved one denied?

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

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

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