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Glomerulonephritis-Mesangial Proliferative and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
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Glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative is one of the forms of glomerulonephritis. It is a kidney disorder that is evidenced by edema (swelling) and hematuria (blood in your urine).

Glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative is a disorder that results from inflammation of your glomerulus, which is an internal kidney structure. More specifically, this disorder is the result of an increase in the number of certain glomerular cells that are known as mesangial cells. This is along with antibody deposits in the mesangium layer of your glomerular capillary.

Glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative is believed by researchers to be an autoimmune disorder because the inflammation of your glomeruli is connected with deposits of antibodies. When your immune system is working properly, it produces antibodies in your blood that are used to fight against anything foreign that is invading your body like a bacteria, virus, or infection. For some unknown reason, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system abnormally makes extra antibodies in your blood that are directed against various tissues in your body. In other words, your body attacks its own cells and tissues.

Glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative affects both adults and children. Men are affected slightly more often than women. Fortunately, it is a relatively uncommon disorder.

As mentioned earlier, glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative is caused by inflammation of an internal kidney structure (glomerulus), and specifically, an increase in the number of certain glomerular cells (mesangial cells). This is along with antibody deposits in the mesangium layer of your glomerular capillary. The problem is that no one knows what causes this increase to take place.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may experience which may be an indication that you have glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative. Some of the possible signs and symptoms include:

  • High blood pressure (Hypertension)
  • Protein in your urine (proteinuria)
  • Foamy appearance of your urine
  • Poor appetite
  • Swelling (edema) that can take place around your eyes, in your extremities, in your abdomen or that can be generalized
  • Bloody urine (hematuria) or cola-colored or tea-colored urine (dark urine)
  • Unintentional increase in weight that results from the retention of fluid.

You or a loved one may be suffering from glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative. Glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative and/or complications that have developed from it or other conditions that you have along with this disorder may have caused the disability of you or your loved one. This disorder may be the reason why you are not able to work.

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

You or your loved one may be intending to apply 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 been brought about by glomerulonephritis-mesangial proliferative and/or complications that have developed from it or other conditions that you have along with this disorder. You may have already taken this step, and your application was denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is planning on reapplying or appealing the denial, there is a vital fact that you really ought to remember that you may not be aware of. It is an established fact that 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 in their corner.

Please do not hesitate or put this off until tomorrow. This is something that may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Classic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Chemical reactions are used by the cells of your body to carry out tasks like turning the food you eat into energy and repairing tissue. These chemical reactions generate acids. However, many of your bodily functions can be disturbed by too much acid in your blood (acidosis).

When your kidneys work properly they help maintain your acid-base balance by excreting acids into your urine and returning bicarbonate, which is an alkaline, or base, substance to your blood. This “reclaimed” bicarbonate neutralizes much of the acid that is created when food is broken down in your body.

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a disease that happens when your kidneys fail to excrete acids into your urine. This causes your blood to remain too acidic.

Classic distal renal tubular acidosis is one of the four types of this disease. It is also referred to by other names. It is called type 1 renal tubular acidosis, classic distal RTA and type 1 RTA.

Distal means distant. This refers to the point in your urine-forming tube where the problem occurs. This is the renal distal tubule. This point is relatively distant from the point where fluid from your blood enters your tiny tube, or tubule, that collects fluid and wastes that form urine.

Classic distal renal tubular acidosis is characterized by low blood-potassium, as well as too much acid in your blood (acidosis). The level of blood-potassium drops if your kidneys excrete potassium into your urine instead of returning it to your blood supply.

Your may not have any effects with classic distal renal tubular acidosis. The longer you have it, however, the greater will be the chance that you experience signs and symptoms. Some of the effects are:

  • Cardiac arrhythmias
  • Extreme muscle weakness
  • Paralysis
  • Increased breathing rate
  • Kidney stones
  • Osteomalacia
  • Rickets
  • Impaired growth
  • Decreased alertness or confusion
  • Fatigue
  • Decreased urine output
  • Bloody urine
  • Muscle cramps
  • Bone pain.
  • Pain in your abdomen, flank or back.

You or a loved one may be disabled because of classic distal renal tubular acidosis and/or the underlying conditions that have caused it or complications that have resulted from it. This may be why you or your loved one is unable to work and in need of financial assistance.

Have you or your loved one applied for financial help by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a determined disability lawyer to help you like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com. This is true because people who have a dependable disability attorney are approved more often than those who do not have a lawyer.

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

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Glomerulonephritis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Your kidneys are complex organs whose principle job is to remove wastes, unneeded electrolytes and excess fluid from your body. Any condition that interferes with your kidney function can lead to a potentially dangerous buildup of waste products in your bloodstream.

Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease that hinders the function of your kidney to remove waste and excess fluids. Glomerulonephritis can be a part of a systemic disease like diabetes or lupus, or it can be a disease by itself. It is then referred to as primary glomerulonephritis.

Glomerulonephritis can be acute. This refers to a sudden attack of inflammation.

It can also be chronic. It comes on gradually when it is chronic.

Glomerulonephritis is also known by other names. It is also called glomerular disease and glomerular nephritis (GN).

The effects caused by glomerulonephritis may depend on whether you have the acute or chronic form of the disease. They can also depend on the cause of your glomerulonephritis.

Your first indication may come from the results of a routine urinalysis. Your effects may include:

  • Foam in your toilet water due to protein in your urine (proteinuria)
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Decrease in frequency of urination
  • Weakness and fatigue from kidney failure or anemia
  • Diluted iced-tea-colored urine resulting from hematuria (red blood cells in your urine)
  • Edema (fluid retention) along with swelling in your feet, abdomen, hands and face

If you have the chronic form of glomerulonephritis you may gradually begin to experience some of these signs and symptoms:

  • Vomiting and nausea
  • Malaise (general sick feeling)
  • Headache
  • Unintentional weight loss
  • Frequent hiccups
  • Generalized itching
  • Muscle cramps  and muscle twitching
  • Headache and seizures
  • Decrease in alertness
  • Bleeding or bruising easily.

You or a loved one may have glomerulonephritis. This disease and/or conditions resulting from or in conjunction with this disorder may be the reason you or your loved one is disabled and unable to work.

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

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 glomerulonephritis and/or related conditions? 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 this, there is something that you need to think about.

You or your loved one may need an disability lawyer like the one you will find at Social Security Home to counsel you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

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Berger’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Your kidneys are complex organs whose main job is to remove excess fluid and waste from your body. Berger’s disease is a kidney disorder that is caused by abnormal deposits of the immunoglobulin A (IgA), which is inside the small blood vessels (glomeruli) of your kidneys.

Glomeruli normally filter excess water and waste from your blood. This filtered material then goes through small fluid-collecting tubes (renal tubules) and eventually winds up in your bladder as urine. IgA deposits in your glomeruli hinder this process and can lead to protein and blood in your urine, swelling in your hands and feet and hypertension (high blood pressure).

Berger’s disease is a chronic condition that develops gradually. It usually affects young men, but it can occur at any age in both males and females.

Berger’s disease is the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis. It is a type of kidney disease that hampers your kidneys’ ability to remove waste and excess fluids.

Berger’s disease is named after a French physician named Jean Berger. He was the first one to describe this condition.

Berger’s disease is also known by other names. It is also called IgA nephropathy, IgA nephritis, synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis, thin basement membrane disease and Berger’s nephropathy.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with Berger’s disease. Some of these are:

  • Swelling (edema) in your feet and hands
  • Low-grade fever
  • Repeated episodes of tea-colored or cola-colored urine (blood in your urine or gross hematuria), usually during or following an upper respiratory infection
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Pain in your side or sides
  • Foamy urine resulting from proteinuria (protein in your urine).

In addition to these effects that you may experience, your doctor may discover persistent red blood cells in your urine (microscopic hematuria), upon a microscopic examination of a sample of your urine.

Berger’s disease and/or complications arising from or related to this disorder can be debilitating. It may be the cause of you or a loved one’s disability.

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

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who will provide the help that you or your loved one needs?

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 Berger’s disease and/or complications resulting from or related to it? Were you denied?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a determined disability lawyer to help you like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in what can be a trying process. This is true because people who have a disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

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