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Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, March 26th, 2011
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Diabetes is a problem for millions and millions of people in America. It is estimated that there are 20.8 million adults and children in the United States, or 7% of the world’s population, who have diabetes. Of this number, 14.6 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes; however, 6.2 million people (nearly one-third) do not know that they have the disease.

Diabetes is actually a set of related diseases in which your body cannot regulate the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood. Glucose in your blood is what provides the energy to do the physical activities of daily life. The glucose level in your blood is regulated by several hormones, one of which is insulin. People with diabetes either cannot produce enough insulin or cannot use insulin properly, or both.

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious, potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a condition that develops when your body is not able to use glucose as a source of fuel because your body does not have any insulin or enough insulin.

When this happens, fat is used as a source of fuel for your body. As a result, byproducts of fat breakdown that are called ketones build up in your body. Keytones are toxic acids that develop in your bloodstream.

As mentioned above, diabetic ketoacidosis is caused by fat being used as an alternative fuel source by your body. There are several things that can cause this to happen. These include:

  • An infection or an illness like a urinary tract infection or pneumonia
  • A problem with your insulin therapy
  • High fever
  • Drug or alcohol abuse
  • Surgery
  • Stress
  • Stroke
  • Emotional or physical trauma
  • Heart attack.

There are several signs and symptoms that may indicate the occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis. Some of these are:

  • Stomach or abdominal pain
  • Headache, nausea and vomiting
  • Shortness of breath
  • Deep, rapid breathing
  • Decreased consciousness
  • Mental stupor that may develop into a coma
  • Dry mouth and skin
  • Weakness or fatigue
  • Difficulty breathing when lying down
  • Flushed face
  • Muscle aching or stiffness
  • Fruity breath odor
  • Excessive thirst or urination for more than a day
  • Decrease in appetite
  • Confusion.

You or a loved one may have diabetic ketoacidosis. This condition and/or complications resulting from it may be why you or your loved one is disabled and in need of financial help.

You or your loved one may have applied for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by diabetic ketoacidosis and/or complications resulting from this condition. Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one reapplies or appeals the denial, consider 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 fighting for them.

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Acidosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Acidosis is excessive blood acidity that is caused by an overabundance of acid in your blood or a buildup of carbon dioxide in your blood. This results from slow breathing, poor lung function (respiratory acidosis) or a loss of bicarbonate from your blood (metabolic acidosis).

Your blood will become acidic if an increase in acid overwhelms your body’s pH buffering systems. When your blood pH drops, the parts of your brain that regulate breathing are stimulated to produce deeper and faster breathing. This increases the amount of carbon dioxide you exhale.

Your kidneys also try to compensate by excreting more acid in your urine. However, both mechanisms can be overwhelmed if your body continues to produce too much acid. This leads to severe acidosis and eventually a coma.

There are two major categories of acidosis. These are respiratory acidosis and metabolic acidosis.

Respiratory acidosis is a type of acidosis that results from a build-up of carbon dioxide in your blood (hypercapnia) due to hypoventilation. It is also called hypercapnic acidosis or carbon dioxide acidosis.

There are several types of metabolic acidosis. These include:

  • Diabetic acidosis – This is also referred to as diabetic ketoacidosis and DKA. It happens when ketone bodies build up during uncontrolled diabetes.
  • Hyperchloremic acidosis – This comes from excessive loss of sodium bicarbonate from your body like with severe diarrhea.
  • Lactic acidosis is when there is a buildup of lactic acid.

Respiratory acidosis can affect you by causing drowsiness and headache that can develop into stupor and coma. These effects can come within moments if your breathing is severely impaired or stops. They can come over a period of hours if your breathing is less dramatically impaired.

Metabolic acidosis may not cause any affects on you. However, you will usually experience vomiting, nausea and fatigue.

Obviously, if these effects continue over a long period of time, you may not be able to work. Acidosis or the underlying disorders that are producing acidosis may be the cause of your disability.

Do you need help because of your disability? Do you need financial help?

Have you applied for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits because of the disability caused by abdominal angina? Were you denied?

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