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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.

Tags: Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Hematuria, Hypertension, Proteinuria, Red blood cell, Renal failure, social security administration
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Primary Aldosteronism and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Primary aldosteronism is a condition in which the adrenal glands of your body produce too much of the hormone aldosterone. When this happens it causes you to retain sodium and lose potassium.

These two minerals, when working together properly, transmit nerve impulses, relax and contract your muscles and help maintain the right balance of fluids in your body. Too much aldosterone causes you to retain sodium. Too much sodium causes excessive water retention. This, then, increases your blood volume and blood pressure. The problems of high blood pressure (hypertension) are life-threatening.

Primary aldosteronism was once thought of as rare by doctors. Because screening for primary aldosteronism has become more common, there is now evidence that this condition may be responsible for as many as one in eight cases of high blood pressure.

The World Health Organization says that there are approximately 600 million people around the world with high blood pressure. That means that 60 to 90 million people worldwide probably have primary aldosteronism. There may be anywhere from 7 to 11 million people who have this condition in the United States.

There are some effects that primary aldosteronism will have on you. The most predominant effect of this condition is high blood pressure that does not completely respond to medication. Other main effects of this condition are hypokalemia (low potassium) and having a benign tumor on one or both of your adrenal glands.

There are other effects that you may experience which are not as common. Some of these include:

Fatigue
Numbness
Excessive thirst
Excessive urination
Headache
Tingling, pricking sensation
Temporary paralysis
Muscle cramps and weakness.

There are some serious, life-threatening complications of primary aldosteronism. If your high blood pressure is not treated it can lead to stroke, kidney disease or failure, heart failure, heart attack, another heart condition known as left ventricular hypertrophy and premature death.

Low potassium leads to other complications. These include excessive urination, cardiac arrhythmias, fatigue and muscle cramps.

Primary aldosteronism and/or complications along with or resulting from this condition may be why you or a loved one is unable to work. This disorder may be the cause of your disability.

You may be in need of help. You may need financial aid.

Have you or your loved one already applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied? Are you wondering what to do now? Do you know your options?

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

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

Tags: Aldosterone, Blood pressure, Cardiac dysrhythmia, Heart failure, Hypertension, Hypokalemia, social security administration, United States
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Orthostatic Hypotension and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Your blood pressure reading is important, but what exactly is blood pressure? Blood is transported away from your heart to every part of your body through your arteries. Blood pressure is the force of the blood as it pushes against the walls of your arteries. Every time your heart beats (about 60–70 times a minute at rest), it pumps blood into your arteries.

When your heart beats, pumping the blood, your blood pressure is at its highest. This is referred to as your systolic pressure. Your blood pressure falls when your heart is at rest, between beats. This is called your diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury.

When your blood pressure is written down, these numbers are either written one after another or on top of one another. Your systolic is always first, or the top number. The diastolic is second, or the bottom number. For example, if your blood pressure were 120/80 mmHg, you would say that it is, “120 over 80.”

Low blood pressure is also known as hypotension. This is in contrast to high blood pressure, which is known as hypertension.

Your blood pressure is considered to be normal if it is below 120/80. Usually, low blood pressure is something you would like to have. However, low blood pressure can cause signs and symptoms or be an indication of serious, severe disorders and conditions.

Blood pressure varies from one person to another. However, you are considered to have low blood pressure if it is less that 90/60.

There are different types of low blood pressure. Orthostatic hypotension, which is also referred to as postural hypotension, is one kind of low blood pressure.

Orthostatic hypotension occurs when you stand up from a position of lying down or sitting. While it can occur in anyone, orthostatic hypotension happens most often to older adults.

The most common sign or symptom of orthostatic hypotension is feeling dizzy or lightheaded when you stand up. You may even faint (syncope). Other signs and symptoms that you may have are:

Confusion
Headache
Weakness
Nausea
Blurry vision.

You or your loved one may have orthostatic hypotension. This condition and/or whatever the underlying cause of it is may be the reason why you or your loved one is disabled and needing financial help.

You or your loved one may be planning 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 orthostatic hypotension and/or whatever the condition is that is causing it. You or your loved one may have already done this and been denied.

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

Please do not hesitate. Contact us today.

Tags: Blood pressure, Conditions and Diseases, Diastole, Health, Hypertension, Hypotension, social security administration, Syncope
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, April 5th, 2010

The center of your cardiovascular system is your heart. Your heart pumps blood through your body’s blood vessels to all of your cells. Your blood delivers oxygen that your cells have to have.

Cardiomyopathy literally means “heart muscle disease”. Cardiomyopathy is the deterioration of the function of your actual heart muscle (myocardium). This medical condition impairs your heart’s ability to pump blood.

Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common form of this disease. It occurs when your heart’s main pumping chamber becomes dilated (enlarged), and its pumping ability becomes impaired.

Anyone at any age can be affected by dilated cardiomyopathy. This includes children and infants. However, it is most common in middle age.

Dilated cardiomyopathy is caused by the failure of your left ventricle, which is your heart’s main pumping chamber, to pump blood like a healthy heart does. What causes this to happen is not known in many cases. On the other hand, there are several things that can cause dilated cardiomyopathy. Some of these are:

Cocaine or alcohol abuse
A family history of cardiomyopathy
Autoimmune illnesses that affect your heart like rheumatoid arthritis
Coronary artery disease
Certain medications
Trace elements like arsenic, mercury or lead
Inherited disorders like muscular dystrophy
Hypertension (high blood pressure) that is not controlled
Infections that affect your heart muscle, such as Lyme disease or Chagas disease
Heart rhythm difficulties like tachycardia or atrial fibrillation.

At first, you may not experience any signs or symptoms with dilated cardiomyopathy. Eventually, when this disease causes cardiac arrhythmias or heart failure you will probably have signs and symptoms. These may include:

Ascites (swelling of your abdomen)
Nausea and lack of appetite
Palpitations (the sensation of fluttering, pounding or rapid heartbeats)
Weakness and fatigue
Wheezing or coughing that is ongoing
Decrease in alertness or problems with concentration
Dyspnea (shortness of breath) when you are lying down or active
Sudden weight gain from retaining fluid
Edema (swelling) in your feet, ankles and legs
Dizziness, fainting or lightheadedness
A reduction in your ability to exercise
A failure to thrive in children
Nocturia (increase in urination at night).

You or a loved one may have dilated cardiomyopathy. This disease and/or complications resulting from it may be why you are disabled and in need of financial help.

You or your loved one may have 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 dilated cardiomyopathy and/or complications resulting from it. Were you denied?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, consider this carefully. People represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are without a disability lawyer.

Tags: cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Disorders, Conditions and Diseases, Health, heart disease, Heart failure, Hypertension, social security administration
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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.

Tags: Health, Hematuria, Hypertension, IgA nephropathy, Kidney, Nephropathy, Proteinuria, Red blood cell
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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.

Tags: Blood urea nitrogen, Creatinine, Disease, Hypertension, Kidney, Renal failure, Renal function, social security administration
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Analgesic Nephropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, December 21st, 2009

An analgesic is any medication that is intended to relieve pain and discomfort. The analgesics that you can buy over-the-counter (without a prescription) include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium and acetaminophen.

There are some conditions that make taking these painkilling medications dangerous for your kidneys. If you take one, or a combination of these analgesics regularly over a long period of time, it may increase your risk of kidney problems.

Analgesic nephropathy is a type of chronic kidney disease. It gradually develops over a long period of time to end-stage renal disease. When it reaches this point you will need permanent dialysis or a kidney transplant to restore renal (kidney) function.

Analgesic nephropathy develops in 4 out of every 100,000 people in the United States. It usually occurs in women over the age of 30.

There are a variety of effects that analgesic nephropathy may have on you. Some of these include:

Blood in your urine
A decrease in urine output
An increased frequency or urgency of urination
Numbness or decreased sensation in your hands and feet
Pain in your back or side area where your kidneys are located
Vomiting and Nausea
Bleeding or bruising easily
A decrease in alertness such as delirium/confusion, lethargy or drowsiness
Generalized swelling (edema)
Weakness or fatigue.

These effects caused by analgesic nephropathy could make it difficult for you to work and hold a job. In addition, there are several serious complications that can also occur with this disease that may cause you to be disabled. Some of these are:

Chronic renal failure
Interstitial nephritis
Urinary tract infections that are recurrent or chronic
High blood pressure (Hypertension)
Acute renal failure
Transitional cell carcinoma of the ureters or kidney
Renal papillary necrosis (tissue death).

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

Who can you turn to for help? Where will the financial assistance that you need come from? Who is going to help you?

Have you thought about applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by analgesic nephropathy and/or complications that have occurred along with it? Have you already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

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

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

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

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

Tags: Chronic kidney disease, Hypertension, Kidney, Kidney transplantation, Nephropathy, Renal failure, social security administration, United States
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