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Neck Pain and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, March 8th, 2010

If you are experiencing bad neck pain, you may have more than just a pain in the neck. Bad neck pain can be a sign or symptom of disorders caused by degenerative and structural problems that affect the nerves in your neck and your spinal cord.

Your neck is made up of a series of bones that are called vertebrae. These begin in your upper torso and end at the base of your skull. Your neck has a good amount of motion and supports the weight of your head, but it is not protected as well as the rest of your spine. This makes your neck vulnerable to injuries and disorders that can hinder motion and cause pain.

As mentioned above, bad neck pain can be caused by and be a sign or symptom of several serious conditions. Some of these include:

  • A herniated disc – When the disc ruptures and compresses your nerve roots on your spinal cord this causes bad neck pain.
  • Osteoarthritis – This can cause bad neck pain.
  • Ankylosing spondylitis – This inflammatory or arthritic condition can also cause bad neck pain.
  • Osteoporosis – This is a degenerative disease that can cause bad neck pain.
  • Bone spurs – These can pinch your spinal nerves or spinal cord causing bad neck pain.
  • Chiari malformation – This is a congenital problem that can result in bad neck pain.

There are several effects that you may experience with bad neck pain. Some of these are:

  • Dizziness
  • Weakness
  • Tingling
  • Clumsiness of your hands
  • Numbness.

As the underlying condition that is causing your bad neck pain gets more severe, you may experience difficulty in controlling your bladder and your bowels. You may also have trouble with your balance when you are upright or standing.

If you are suffering from bad neck pain that is so severe that you are unable to work, you may need assistance. You may be looking for financial help.

Have you applied for that financial help from the Social Security Administration for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by an underlying condition whose main indication is bad neck pain? Were you denied?

You may plan on appealing the denial the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something that you need to think about.

You are going to need the advice and counsel of a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to help and guide you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this is because people who have a disability lawyer in their corner are approved more often than those people who do not have an attorney representing them.

Cystic Fibrosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
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Did you know that cystic fibrosis (CF) is sometimes called “65 roses”? This life threatening disease got its nickname from a little boy who overheard his mother talking on the phone about this condition. Every time he heard his mother say, “cystic fibrosis,” he thought she was talking about 65 roses.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease of the mucous and sweat glands. It affects mainly your lungs, pancreas, intestines, liver, sex organs and sinuses. Cystic fibrosis affects the cells that make mucous, sweat, saliva and digestive juices.

These secretions are usually slippery and thin. If you have cystic fibrosis, however, these secretions become sticky and thick. The secretions stop up ducts, passageways and tubes, especially in your pancreas and lungs. The most dangerous result of cystic fibrosis is respiratory failure.

It is estimated that about 30,000 people have cystic fibrosis in America, and about 70,000 worldwide. About 1,000 new cases of cystic fibrosis are diagnosed every year.

More than 70% of the patients are diagnosed by age 2. More than 40% of the people with cystic fibrosis are 18 or older. The median age of survival for people with cystic fibrosis in 2006 was 37.

There are a variety of ways that cystic fibrosis may affect you. These signs and symptoms may be different depending on your age.

With infants the first sign of cystic fibrosis may be a blockage of their intestines. Other indications in newborns are:

  • Frequent lung infections
  • Extremely salty-tasting skin
  • Wheezing or shortness of breath
  • Persistent coughing, at times with phlegm
  • Frequent bulky, greasy stools or difficulty with bowel movements
  • Poor weight/growth gain in spite of good appetite
  • Abdominal swelling
  • Vomiting
  • Dehydration.

In children and young adults some of the signs and symptoms are:

  • Foul-smelling, greasy stools
  • Blockage in the bowels
  • A salty taste to the skin
  • Thick sputum
  • Delayed growth
  • Frequent sinus and chest infections with recurring bronchitis or pneumonia
  • Rounding or enlargement of the toes and fingertips
  • Protrusion of part of the rectum through the anus.

Cystic fibrosis can also involve cirrhosis of the liver, displacement of one part of your intestine into another part of the intestine and growths in your nasal passages.

Is cystic fibrosis preventing you from working? Is this disorder the cause of your disability?

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by cystic fibrosis? Were you denied?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to 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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Diabetic Neuropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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One of the harmful things that diabetes does is to damage your nerves. One of the common complications associated with diabetes is damage to the nerves that allow you to feel sensations such as pain. This complication of diabetes is called diabetic neuropathy.

There are several ways that diabetes damages your nerves, but they all seem to be related to your blood sugar (glucose) level being too high for a long period of time.  Diabetes refers to a set of related diseases where your body cannot regulate the amount of sugar in your blood. (link to page Diabetes and Disability) Diabetic neuropathy is damage to your nerves that allow you to feel sensations.  As stated above, diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes.

There are four types of diabetic neuropathy. These are peripheral, autonomic, proximal and focal.

There are many different ways in which diabetic neuropathy may affect you. The effects that you experience will depend on the type of diabetic neuropathy that you have and the parts of your body that are affected.

Here are some of the effects that you may experience with peripheral, proximal and focal diabetic neuropathy. Peripheral diabetic neuropathy may cause pain, numbness, burning and tingling. Proximal diabetic neuropathy may affect you by causing pain in your hips, buttocks or thighs. Focal diabetic neuropathy may cause pain or muscle weakness in your head, torso or leg.

Autonomic diabetic neuropathy can affect your digestive system, blood vessels, male sex organs, female sex organs or your urinary system. Some of the signs and symptoms you may experience, depending on what area of your body is affected are:

  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Vomiting
  • Nausea
  • Heartburn
  • Feeling of fullness after eating only a small amount\bloating
  • Dizziness
  • Low blood pressure
  • Increased heart rate
  • Blacking out when you stand up quickly
  • Inability to have or maintain an erection (erectile dysfunction)
  • Reduced or dry ejaculations
  • Decrease in the number or lack or orgasms (women)
  • Decrease in vaginal lubrication
  • Incontinence
  • Increased urination at night (nocturia)
  • Inability to completely empty your bladder.

The effects caused by the different types of diabetic neuropathy can be debilitating. You may be disabled and unable to work because of this disorder.

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

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

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something for you to think about. People who are represented and assisted by a caring disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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Postrenal Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Postrenal azotemia is the third kind of azotemia. The first two are prerenal azotemia and renal azotemia.

Azotemia is a medical condition that involves abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing compounds like creatinine, urea and various body waste compounds and other nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. This has to do with not enough filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Azotemia is also a clinical sign of a larger condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that go along with kidney failure. Theses include conditions like acidosis, anemia, hyperkalemia, hypertension and hypocalcemia.

Azotemia is a fairly common problem. This is especially true for people that are in the hospital. Hospital acquired azotemia occurs in around 5% of all hospital admissions.

Postrenal azotemia is characterized by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood just like the other two types of azotemia. The type of azotemia that you have is determined by what is causing your condition.

All three types of azotemia have some features in common. For example, all three types of azotemia are characterized by a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of your kidneys and increases in your BUN (blood urea nitrogen) and creatinine serum concentrations. The BUN-to-creatinine ratio is one of the things that help identify the type of azotemia you have.

There are different effects that postrenal azotemia may cause. Some of these are:

  • Pain or urgency with urination
  • Difficulty in urinating
  • Urine that is dark or red blood-tinged
  • Chills and fever if you have an infection
  • Swelling in your ankles or feet
  • Confusion
  • Weakness and fatigue with extreme muscle weakness
  • A seizure.

The effects caused by postrenal azotemia and/or conditions resulting from or along with it can debilitating. It may be why you or a loved one is disabled.

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

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

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 postrenal azotemia and/or conditions along with or as a result of it? Were you denied?

You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. The reason for this being true is because people who are helped and represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not wait. Do not put this off. This is something that could affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Renal Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Renal azotemia is one of the three kinds of azotemia. The other two are postrenal azotemia and prerenal azotemia.

Azotemia is a medical condition that is evidenced by abnormal levels of nitrogen-rich and nitrogen-containing compounds like creatinine, urea and various body waste compounds in your blood. This relates to insufficient filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Renal azotemia is marked by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood just like the other two types of azotemia. The type of azotemia is determined by the cause of the condition. All three types share some common features.

For example, all forms of azotemia are characterized by a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of your kidneys and increases in your creatinine serum concentrations and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). The BUN-to-creatinine ratio is a useful measure in determining which type of azotemia you have.

Azotemia is also a clinical sign of a broader condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that coincide with kidney failure.

Renal azotemia is an intrinsic disease of your kidney. It is generally the result of renal parenchymal damage. This is the type of azotemia that usually leads to uremia.

The BUN-to-creatinine ratio for renal azotemia is normal, which is less than 15. Although your glomerular filtration rate is decreased, and both your blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels are increased in your blood, no BUN is reabsorbed from the filtrate because of your damaged proximal tubules. The result is that BUN is lost into your urine just like creatinine.

Azotemia is a somewhat common problem. It begins frequently during a hospital stay. Hospital acquired azotemia occurs in around 5% of all hospital admissions.

There are several ways that renal azotemia may affect you. Some of these ways are:

  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Confusion or a seizure
  • Pain or urgency with urination
  • Inflammation and edema (swelling)
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Hyperkalemia (an elevated level of potassium in your blood)
  • Difficulty in performing daily activities or extreme muscle weakness
  • Frequent urination.
  • Decrease in urine output.

These effects may keep you or a loved one from working. Renal azotemia and/or related underlying conditions may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

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

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by renal azotemia and/or related underlying conditions? Were you denied?

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

You will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to assist you in this process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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

Basal Cell Carcinoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
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Cancer begins in your cells, the building blocks of your body. When things are going as they should, your body produces new cells as you need them, which replace old cells that die.

Sometimes this process does not work right. Old cells do not die when they should, and new cells develop even when you do not need them.

Cancer is not just one disease. It is a group of diseases. Each one of these diseases is marked by cells that are aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of your body).

Skin cancer is divided into two major groups. These are nonmelanoma and melanoma. Basal cell carcinoma is a kind of nonmelanoma skin cancer. It starts in the top layer of your skin that is called the epidermis. Basal cell carcinoma grows slowly and is painless. It is also the least likely cancer to spread in your body.

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer. 75% of all skin cancers are basal cell carcinomas. In fact, it is the most common form of any type of cancer. Over 1 million people are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma every year in just the United States alone.

If you have a new skin growth that does not heal or bleeds easily, this is a sign or indication of a possible basal cell carcinoma. It may appear only slightly different from your normal skin. Basal cell carcinoma can be a growth or bump on your skin. It may look:

  • Brown or flesh-colored
  • Waxy or pearly
  • Light pink or white.

Other signs and symptoms that may indicate the presence of basal cell carcinoma are:

  • Crusting or oozing spots in a sore
  • A sore that has a sunken area in the middle
  • Having irregular blood vessels around or in a spot
  • A scar-like sore in an area that has not been injured.

You or a loved one may have basal cell carcinoma. Although this condition would not normally qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits, basal cell carcinoma and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. It may be the reason why you need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may have already applied for this financial help by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Were you denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one decides to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this carefully. 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 hesitate. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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.

Angina and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
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Angina relates to a painful tightness or constriction somewhere in your body. Even though angina is usually spoken of in connection with the heart, it can refer to other parts of your body, also.

In fact, there are several types of angina. Some of these are:

  • Ludwig’s angina – This is a serious, potentially life-threatening infection of the tissues of the floor of your mouth.
  • Prinzmetal’s angina – It is a syndrome that generally consists of cardiac chest pain while a person is at rest. This takes place in cycles.
  • Vincent’s angina – This is also referred to as trench mouth. It is an infection of your gums that leads to bleeding, deep ulceration, inflammation and necrotic gum tissue.
  • Angina tonsillaris – This disorder is an inflammation of your tonsils.
  • Abdominal angina – It involves postprandial abdominal pain that occurs in you when you have insufficient blood flow to meet your visceral demands.
  • Angina pectoris – This is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort due to coronary heart disease.

Even though angina is not a disease, but rather a sign or symptom of a condition, angina may have several affects on you. Some of these are:

  • Tightening
  • Heaviness
  • Pressure
  • Squeezing or aching across your chest, especially behind your breastbone
  • Pain that radiates to your back, arms, neck, jaw or even your teeth
  • Heartburn
  • Indigestion
  • Nausea
  • Weakness
  • Sweating
  • Shortness of breath
  • Cramping.

These effects produced by angina may reach a point where you are disabled and unable to work. If this is where you or a loved one is at, again, it is important to remember that angina is not the cause of your disability.

Whatever the underlying condition is that is causing your angina is the real cause of your disability. Angina is probably the main sign or symptom that you or your loved one is experiencing.

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

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 that is characterized primarily by angina. Have you already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

You may be wondering what to do next? Do you have any recourse? What options are open to you?

One step that you or your loved one can take is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something to think about.

You or your loved one is going to need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. This is true because people who have a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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

Andersen’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
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Andersen’s disease is a type of glycogen storage disease. This indicates that it is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder. It is an inborn, hereditary error of metabolism that is characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes.

Instead of glycogen, an abnormal form called amylopectin is produced and builds up in your body tissues. This happens primarily in your heart and liver.

Andersen’s disease is named after Dorothy Hansine Andersen. She was the first person to identify cystic fibrosis and the first American physician to describe the disease. Other names for this disease are glycogen storage disease type IV, glycogen branching enzyme deficiency (GBED), polyglucosan body disease and amylopectinosis.

Andersen’s disease is an extremely rare disease. There are only 1 to 9 cases for every 1 million people.

Andersen’s disease is a genetically linked metabolic disorder. Like the other glycogen storage diseases it involves the enzymes regulating glycogen metabolism. These enzymes affect the processing of glycogen breakdown or synthesis within your liver, ahaha muscles and other cell types.

Each step in the process uses a different enzyme. The process stops if any one of these enzymes is defective and does not complete its step. The type of glycogen storage disease is determined by which enzyme is defective.

Andersen’s disease can affect you by causing cirrhosis and liver failure. There are also several other ways in which this condition can affect you. Some of these are by causing:

  • Gastrointestinal problems
  • Lack of infant muscle tone
  • Muscular atrophy
  • An enlarged liver
  • Poor infant weight gain
  • Failure of an infant to thrive
  • An enlarged spleen
  • Abnormal fluid buildup in the abdomen
  • Edema (swelling)
  • Neurological abnormalities
  • Reduced tendon reflexes.

These effects produced by Andersen’s disease may have reached a point where they are preventing you from working. Andersen’s disease may be the cause of the disability of you or your child with disability.

If this is true, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you applied for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits because of the disability caused by Andersen’s disease? Were you or your child with disability denied?

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

You or your child with disability may need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to guide and advise you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason this is true is because people who are helped and represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

This is something that could affect you or your child with disability for the rest of your life. Do not delay. Contact the good disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Alport Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder that is characterized by glomerulonephritis, end-stage kidney disease and hearing loss. Alport syndrome damages the tiny blood vessels in your kidneys, called glomeruli. These are what filter wastes from your body.

In each of the one million tiny filtering units (glomeruli) in each of your kidneys, blood is filtered across the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). In Alport syndrome, type IV collagen, one of the proteins that make up the GBM, is either abnormal or absent. Although your GBM looks normal in childhood, it deteriorates with time because it lacks the special type IV collagen that should be there.

Alport syndrome is named after Dr. Cecil A. Alport. He was the first to recognize this condition. He identified it in a British family in 1927.

Alport syndrome is also referred to by other names. It is also known as hereditary nephritis; Hematuria – nephropathy – deafness; Hemorrhagic familial nephritis; hereditary deafness and nephropathy.

Alport syndrome is usually mild, with little or no signs and symptoms in women. In men, the signs and symptoms get worse faster and are more severe. Some of the ways in which Alport syndrome may affect you are:

  • Blood in your urine (hematuria)
  • Coughing
  • Swelling in your leg, ankle and feet
  • Swelling around your eyes
  • Generalized swelling
  • Abnormal urine color
  • Loss of hearing, which is more common in men
  • Decrease or loss of vision, which is more common in men
  • Chronic kidney failure that leads to end-stage renal (kidney) disease.

These effects produced by Alport syndrome can cause you to lose your job and become disabled. Losing your vision and hearing will make it difficult to find a job. Kidney failure that requires dialysis and/or kidney transplantation can also cause you to be disabled.

If you or a loved one has become disabled due to Alport syndrome, you may need assistance. You may need financial aid because of your disability.

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 Alport syndrome? 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 this is what you decide to do, here is something that you need to think about.

You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to assist and advise you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.