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Chest Pain and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Chest pain is something that should always be taken with great seriousness. It can be extremely dangerous to ignore chest pain and not do anything about it.

Chest pain is not always a sign of an impending heart attack. Many times, chest pain is not related to any heart problem. Even if your chest pain is not related to your heart, it may still be a sign of a serious problem.

The effects of chest pain are different according to what is causing your chest pain. If your chest pain is heart related, it can be an indication of:

§  A heart attack can cause fullness, pressure or a crushing chest pain that lasts longer than a few minutes.

§  Pericarditis causes a sharp, piercing chest pain that is centralized.

§  Angina can cause recurrent episodes of chest pain.

§  Coronary artery spasm can cause varying degrees of chest pain.

§  Aortic dissection can cause a sudden, tearing chest pain as well as back pain.

Non-heart related chest pain can be a sign or symptom of:

§  Heartburn is a burning, painful sensation behind your breastbone. It usually follows a meal and can last for hours.

§  Pleurisy causes a sharp, localized chest pain that gets worse when you cough or inhale.

§  Panic attack can cause chest pain as well as intense fear, rapid breathing and heartbeat, shortness of breath and profuse sweating.

§  Pulmonary embolism causes a sharp, sudden chest pain that gets worse when you cough or take a deep breath.

§  Costochondritis can cause sudden, intense pain that may cause you to think you are having a heart attack. A heart attack usually involves pain that is more widespread.

§  Injured ribs or pinched nerves can cause chest pain.

§  Sore muscles usually cause chest pain when you raise your arms or twist from side to side.

§  Achalasia is a swallowing disorder that causes food to back up into your esophagus causing chest pain.

§  Esophageal spasms can cause chest pain.

§  Gallbladder or pancreas problems can cause abdominal pain that radiates to your chest.

§  Shingles can cause a sharp, burning chest pain.

Whatever is causing your chest pain may be keeping you from working. The underlying cause of your chest pain may be the reason you are disabled.

Do you need help? Do you need financial help?

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied? Are you wondering what to do now?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a proven disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a qualified disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not wait. Do not put this off. Contact the trustworthy disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Basal Joint Arthritis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 24th, 2011
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Arthritis is a medical disease or condition that literally means joint inflammation. Arthritis is inflammation of a joint that is evidenced and usually accompanied by pain, stiffness, swelling, restriction of motion and changes in structure.

Arthritis is not one disease. Arthritis is a complex affliction that involves over 100 separate disorders and can develop at any age of life. The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Some of the other types of arthritis are psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still’s disease, septic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis to name a few.

Arthritis is an enormous problem. This is evidenced by the fact that it is estimated that as many as one in every three adults in the United States have some type of arthritis or chronic joint symptoms. 0ver 46 million doctor-diagnosed cases of arthritis were reported from 2003-2005. That number is projected to rise to 67 million doctor-diagnosed cases in 2030.

Basal joint arthritis is one of these many types of arthritis. It is also called thumb arthritis. This is because basal joint arthritis develops when the joint at the base of your thumb and your wrist gets osteoarthritis.

Basal joint arthritis is much more common in women than in men. It is most common in women between 50 and 70 years of age.

Pain is the first and most prominent sign or symptom of basal joint arthritis. This pain happens at the base of your thumb when you apply force like opening a jar or turning a key in your car’s ignition. It also occurs when you grasp, pinch or grip an object between your forefinger and thumb. Later, you may have pain even though you are not using your thumb.

There are other signs and symptoms that you may have with basal joint arthritis. Some of these are:

  • Decrease in your range of motion
  • A bony, enlarged or out-of-joint appearance of your joint at the base of your thumb
  • Stiffness, tenderness and swelling at the base of your thumb
  • A loss of strength when grasping or pinching an object.

You or a loved one may have basal joint arthritis. This disease and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are disabled and in need of assistance.

Do you or your loved one plan on 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 basal joint arthritis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it? Have you already done this and been denied?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember. 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 wait. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Pemphigus and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Pemphigus is an autoimmune disorder that causes blistering and raw sores on your skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus is sometimes associated with the use of Penicillamine.  Penicillamine is a drug that is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma and Wilson’s disease.

There are three types of pemphigus. These vary in severity. They are:

§  Pemphigus vulgaris is the most common form of pemphigus. It occurs when antibodies attack Desmoglein 3, a protein that keeps your cells bound together.  Cells fall apart causing your skin to slough off. This kind of pemphigus can develop at any age. It is rare in children and usually occurs in the middle aged and elderly. Pemphigus vulgaris usually affects people of Jewish, Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.

§  Pemphigus foliaceus is the least severe of the three kinds of pemphigus. This kind of pemphigus attacks the protein Desmoglein 1, which is found only in the top dry layer of your skin. Pemphigus foliaceus involves crusty sores that usually begin in your scalp. They may move to your face, back and chest. It is not as painful as pemphigus vulgaris, and it is sometimes mis-diagnosed as dermatitis or eczema.

§  Paraneoplastic Pemphigus is the most severe and least common type of pemphigus. This type of pemphigus usually occurs in conjunction with a malignancy that is already present. Extremely painful sores develop in your lips, mouth and esophagus. This type of pemphigus is dangerous and can be fatal.

The signs and symptoms of pemphigus differ according to which type of the disorder you have. With pemphigus vulgaris blisters usually begin in your mouth and then erupt on your skin. Blisters also may break out on the mucous membranes of your genitals. The blisters are usually painful, but they do not itch.

Pemphigus foliaceus usually involves blisters breaking out on your scalp and face, and later on your back and chest. These blister and are crusty and itching, but they are not usually painful.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus usually begins with sores in your lips and mouth and in your esophagus. As mentioned above, these sores are very painful.

You or a loved one may have pemphigus. This disorder may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability. It may be the reason why you cannot work.

If this is the case, you may need help. You may need financial help.

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

If you or your loved one plans on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, remember this. People who are represented by a dependable disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

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Hirschsprung’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Hirschsprung’s disease is a disease of the large intestine. Your large intestine is also sometimes called the colon. The word bowel can refer to your large and small intestines.

Hirschsprung’s disease involves an enlargement of your colon due to bowel obstruction resulting from an aganglionic section of bowel (the normal enteric nerves are absent) that starts at your anus and progresses upwards. The length of bowel that is affected varies but seldom stretches for more than a foot or so.

Hirschsprung’s disease causes constipation. This means that bowel movements are difficult. Some children with this disease cannot have bowel movements at all. The stool creates a blockage in their intestine.

Hirschsprung’s disease is known by other names. It is also called congenital aganglionic megacolon, aganglionosis and congenital aganglionosis.

Hirschsprung’s disease occurs in one in every 5,000 babies born n the United States. It is responsible for one-fourth of intestinal obstructions in newborns. Hirschsprung’s disease is five times more common in boys than girls and sometimes occurs with other congenital conditions such as Down syndrome.

The effects caused by Hirschsprung’s disease may vary with the severity of the condition. Sometimes they show up right after a baby is born. At other times they may not be evident until a baby becomes a teenager or adult.

In newborns, some of the effects include:

  • Diarrhea
  • Constipation or gas that can make a newborn fussy
  • Failure to pass stool within the first or second day of life
  • Vomiting that includes vomiting a green liquid called bile. This is a digestive fluid that is produced in the liver.

With older children, effects include:

  • Lack of gaining weight
  • A swollen abdomen
  • Infections in the colon, especially in newborns or extremely young children that may include enterocolitis. This is a serious infection with vomiting, diarrhea, fever and sometimes a dangerous expanding (dilation) of the colon.
  • Problems absorbing nutrients that lead to diarrhea, weight loss or both, and slowed or delayed growth.

In older children and adults, the effects can be:

  • A low number of red blood cells (anemia) because blood is lost in the stool
  • Chronic constipation.

Your child with disability may have Hirschsprung’s disease. This may be the cause of their disability.

You may have tried to get financial help for your child with disability by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by Hirschsprung’s disease and/or other disabling conditions along with it. Was your child with disability denied?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, there is something that you should know. People who are represented by a knowledgeable disability attorney like the one at SocialSecurityHome.com are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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Clinical Obesity and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, March 18th, 2011
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What does clinical obesity mean? What is it?

Obesity means having too much body fat. It is not the same as being overweight because weighing too much can come from muscle, bone, fat and/or body water. Both of the terms mean that your weight is more than what is considered healthy for your height.

There is a definition for clinical obesity. It is defined by weighing more than 100lbs. over what is considered to be your ideal weight.

There are several ways that you may be affected by clinical obesity. Some of these are:

§  Sleep apnea

§  Always feeling hot

§  Snoring

§  Excessive sweating

§  Daytime sleepiness or fatigue

§  Rashes or infection in folds of your skin

§  Difficulty sleeping

§  Pain in your joints or back

§  Depression

§  Feeling out of breath with minor exertion.

You may say, “I’ve always been overweight. Why should I worry or do anything about it.”

There are many dangerous risks and complications that you face with clinical obesity. Around 300,000 deaths each year in America are directly related to obesity.

Clinical obesity can affect you or contribute to you developing many debilitating diseases and conditions. Some of the many chronic diseases and conditions that clinical obesity increases your risk of developing are:

§  Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes

§  High blood pressure

§  High cholesterol

§  Heart attack

§  Congestive heart failure

§  Stroke

§  Gout

§  Gallstones

§  Osteoarthritis

§  Sleep apnea

§  Pickwickian syndrome

§  Certain types of cancer.

As you can see, the complications resulting from or being associated with clinical obesity can be incapacitating. In fact, clinical obesity and related conditions may be why you or a loved one is not able to work. It may be why you are disabled.

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

Who can and will help you? Where will the financial assistance come from?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by clinical obesity and/or complications resulting from or associated with this condition? 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 that you need to think about.

You will need a good disability lawyer like the one that you will find at SocialSecurityHome.com to advise you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a knowledgeable disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

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Adult-Onset Still’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Adult-onset Still’s disease is a rare inflammatory condition. It is characterized by swollen or achy joints, daily spiking fevers and a salmon-pink rash that appears on your body. Adult-onset Still’s disease is a form of rheumatoid arthritis. It can lead to chronic arthritis and other complications as it progresses.

Still’s disease gets its name from an English doctor named George Still. He described this condition in children in 1896. Still’s disease is now known as systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).

In 1971, the term “adult Still’s disease” was used to describe adults who had a condition similar to systemic onset JRA. This condition is also referred to as Still’s disease-adult and AOSD.

Adult-onset Still’s disease is a rare condition. Less than 1 out of 100,000 people develop this disease each year in the United States. Adult-onset Still’s disease affects women more often than men.

Adult-Onset Still’s disease may cause you to have a daily fever of at least 102 F for a week or longer. The fever usually peaks in the late afternoon or early evening. Occasionally, you may have two fever spikes in a day. In between your episodes, your temperature usually goes back to normal.

The skin rash caused by this condition is usually salmon pink in color. It comes and goes with your fever.

The joint pain caused by Adult-Onset Still’s disease usually lasts at least two weeks. You may especially feel the joint pain in your hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees and ankles.

This disease may also affect you by causing muscle pain, which usually comes and goes with your fever. However, it can be bad enough to upset your daily activities.

There are some additional effects that you may have with Adult-Onset Still’s disease. Some of these are:

  • An enlarged spleen or liver
  • Sore throat
  • Inflammation of the lining of your lungs or heart
  • Swollen lymph nodes in your neck
  • Weight loss
  • Abdominal swelling and pain
  • Pleurisy (pain that comes with a deep breath).

The effects caused by Adult-Onset Still’s disease can keep you from working and result in serious, life-threatening complications. This disease may be the reason for your disability.

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

Who will help you? Where will you get the financial help that you need?

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by Adult-Onset Still’s disease? Were you denied?

You may be thinking about 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. This is true is because people who have a caring disability attorney representing them are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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Chronic Renal Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
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The primary job of your kidneys is to remove excess water and waste products from your blood. Your kidneys make about two liters of urine and process about 200 liters of blood every day. The waste products are generated from normal metabolic processes like the breakdown of ingested foods, active tissues, and other substances.

Your kidneys permit you to consume a variety of drugs, supplements, foods, vitamins, additives and excess fluids without fear that toxic by-products will accumulate to harmful levels in your body. Your kidneys also play a vital role in regulating the levels of various minerals like calcium, potassium and sodium in your blood.

Chronic renal disease is a progressive loss of kidney function over a period of months or years through five stages. Each stage is a progression through a deteriorating and abnormally low glomerular filtration rate. This is usually determined indirectly by the creatinine level in your blood serum.

Chronic renal disease is a serious problem in the United States. 16.8% of all adults who are older than age 20 have chronic renal disease. This represents 1 in 6 Americans with this illness. 400,000 people have received a kidney transplant or are on dialysis. Each year, approximately 67,000 people die because of kidney failure. 39.4% of people over age 60 have chronic renal disease.

Chronic renal disease may have no specific signs or symptoms as it starts. However, as your kidney function gets worse, you may have:

  • Fatigue and weakness
  • Restless leg syndrome
  • Vomiting and nausea
  • Shortness of breath due to fluid in your lungs
  • Need to urinate often, especially at night
  • Headaches
  • High blood pressure (hypertension)
  • Easy itching, bruising and pale skin
  • Chest pain
  • Swelling of your legs and puffiness around your eyes from fluid retention
  • Decreased sexual desire and erectile dysfunction in men
  • Bone fractures and pain
  • Loss of appetite
  • Altered mental status
  • Bleeding (poor blood clotting)
  • Numbness in your hands and feet.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with chronic renal disease. This illness and/or complications that have resulted from it or other disorders that you have in conjunction with this illness may have brought about the disability of you or your loved one and be what is keeping you from working.

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

You or your loved one may consider 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 that has resulted from chronic renal disease and/or complications caused by it or other disorders that you have in conjunction with this illness. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one decides to reapply or appeal the denial, think carefully about this important fact. The simple truth is that people who have a disability attorney on their side like the one you will find at SocialSecurityHome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability lawyer.

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IgA Nephropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 10th, 2011
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You or a loved one may have IgA nephropathy. IgA nephropathy and/or complications that have developed from this disorder or other conditions that you have besides it may have caused the disability of you or your loved one and be what is preventing you from working.

As a result, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may be thinking about 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 that has resulted from IgA nephropathy and/or complications that have developed from this disorder or other conditions that you have besides it. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one has considered reapplying or appealing the denial, you really ought to keep this important fact in mind. The fact of the matter is that people who have a disability attorney fighting for them like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability lawyer.

Your kidneys are complex organs with the main task of removing excess waste and fluid from your body. Nephropathy is a medical term that refers to abnormalities, disease or damage to your kidneys.

IgA nephropathy is a kidney disorder that hinders your kidneys’ ability to remove excess fluids and waste due to abnormal deposits of the immunoglobulin A (IgA), which is found inside the glomeruli (small blood vessels) of your kidneys. The small blood vessels normally filter excess waste and water from your blood. This filtered material then passes through small renal tubules (fluid-collecting tubes) and eventually ends up in your bladder as urine. IgA deposits in your glomeruli impede this process and cause several problems.

IgA nephropathy is a chronic disorder that usually begins gradually. IgA nephropathy can develop in anyone at any age, but it usually affects young men. It is the most common kind of primary glomerulonephritis.

IgA nephropathy is caused by abnormal deposits of immunoglobin A (IgA) accumulating inside the glomeruli (small blood vessels) of your kidney. However, no one knows what causes this accumulation. It may be the result of a combination of environmental and genetic factors.

The glomerular deposition of IgA nephropathy can be associated with other conditions. This includes:

§  Dermatitis herpetiformis

§  Celiac disease

§  Henoch-Schonlein purpura

§  Infections

§  Cirrhosis.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may have with IgA nephropathy. These include:

  • Repeated episodes of cola-colored or tea-colored urine (gross hematuria or blood in your urine), usually following or during an upper respiratory infection
  • High blood pressure (hypertension)
  • Pain in one or both of your sides
  • Foamy urine as a result of protein in your urine (proteinuria)
  • Low-grad fever
  • Swelling (edema) in your feet and hands.

Your doctor may also discover persistent red blood cells in your urine (microscopic hematuria) under microscopic examination of a sample of your urine.

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A Craniopharyngioma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
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Your brain is the center of your nervous system. Your brain monitors and regulates your body’s actions and reactions. It continuously receives sensory information. Your brain rapidly analyzes this data and then responds by controlling your bodily actions and functions.

A craniopharyngioma is a benign (non-cancerous) kind of brain tumor that forms from embryonic tissue that makes up a part of your pituitary gland. Your pituitary gland is a small endocrine gland that is located at the base of your brain.

Craniopharyngiomas do not spread to distant areas of your brain or other parts of your body. However, they grow and put pressure on areas of your brain that are nearby. Besides your pituitary gland this includes your optic nerves, optic chiasm and fluid-filled spaces in your brain.

As a result of a craniopharyngioma placing pressure on your pituitary gland, the availability of the hormone vasopressin is reduced. This causes the pressure to rise inside of your cranium. This, in turn, may lead to serious problems.

A craniopharyngioma usually contains hard, calcified components inside of the tumor itself. This disrupts normal skull development in the area close to the tumor.

A craniopharyngioma occurs most frequently in children between the ages of 5 and 10. However, it also occurs in men and women in their 50s and 60s.

Craniopharyngiomas account for about 10 to 15% of tumors that develop in and above your pituitary gland. In children, craniopharyngiomas account for 50 to 60% of these types of tumors.

A craniopharyngioma causes signs and symptoms by disrupting the work of your pituitary gland, damaging your optic nerve and increasing the pressure in your brain (intracranial pressure). As a result, your signs and symptoms may include:

  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Short stature
  • Dry skin
  • Fever
  • Balance disorder
  • Anorexia
  • Lethargy
  • Amenorrhea (absence of menstrual period)
  • Vision loss
  • Weight gain
  • Polyuria (excessive urination)
  • Myxedema (hypothyroidism), your thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone
  • Polydipsia (excessive thirst)
  • Fever
  • Headache.

You or a loved one may have a craniopharyngioma. A craniopharyngioma and/or complications that have resulted from this illness may be the reason why you or your loved one is disabled and cannot work.

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

You or your loved one may be planning on 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 a craniopharyngioma and/or complications that have resulted from this illness. You or your loved one may have already taken this step, and your application was denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is thinking about reapplying or appealing the denial, here is something important that you really ought to think about. The simple truth is that people who have a disability lawyer working for them like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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Osteonecrosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Osteonecrosis is a disease that is caused by the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to an area of your bone that results in the death of bone tissue. This can then lead to tiny breaks developing in your bone and the eventual collapse of your bone. This may result in the collapse of the surface of your joint if this occurs near one of your joints.

Osteonecrosis can develop in anyone at any age. It may affect children or the elderly. However, it occurs most often in people who are in their 30s, 40s and 50s. This disease affects both women and men, but it primarily affects men.

Somewhere around 10,000 to 20,000 people get this disease each year in the United States. Approximately one in over 27,000 people in the United States has osteonecrosis.

You or a loved one may be suffering with osteonecrosis. Osteonecrosis and/or complications caused by this disease or other ailments that you have along with it may have led to you or your loved one’s disability and need for financial assistance.

You or your loved one may consider 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 resulting from osteonecrosis and/or complications caused by this disease or other ailments that you have along with it. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one decides to reapply or appeal the denial, consider this important fact. People who have a disability attorney on their side like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability lawyer.

Many times, osteonecrosis is caused by trauma to your bone that results from something like a fracture (broken bone) or dislocated joint. This is because the trauma causes damage to your blood vessels that bring blood to your bone.

There are other things that may cause osteonecrosis. Some of these include:

  • Drinking alcohol to excess
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Lupus
  • Gaucher’s disease
  • Taking corticosteroids
  • Radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer
  • The bends (decompression disease).

You may not experience any signs or symptoms at all in the early stages of osteonecrosis. However, osteonecrosis is a progressive disease. What this means is that it gets worse with the passage of time. The first sign or symptom that you will probably have is joint pain. As your pain begins, you usually only have the pain when you put weight on your joint that is affected. You may even have pain when you are resting as osteonecrosis progresses. You may also lose range of motion in your affected joint.

Your pain will usually begin gradually. It may be anywhere from mild to severe. Your pain may get far worse if your bone and the surrounding surface of your joint collapse. Although the period of time from your first signs and symptoms to the loss of your joint function varies from person to person, it is usually anywhere from several months to over a year.

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