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A Brain AVM and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Arteriovenous malformation is what the letters AVM stands for. An AVM is a tangle of poorly formed and abnormal veins and arteries (blood vessels). An AVM has a higher rate of bleeding than normal blood vessels.

A brain AVM is when this occurs in your brain. It is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries in your brain that disrupts the normal flow of blood between these blood vessels.

Fortunately, a brain AVM is extremely rare. They happen in less than 1% of the general population of the United States.

Researchers believe that a brain AVM takes place during the development of a baby inside its mother’s womb. However, researchers do not know why this happens to some babies but not others.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having a brain AVM. Anyone can be born with a brain AVM, but boys are more likely to have one than girls. Signs and symptoms are more likely to happen before the age of 50. This is because a brain AVM tends to stay stable once you reach middle age. Pregnancy may begin or cause signs and symptoms to get worse in women because there is an increase in blood volume and flow during this time.

A brain AVM many times does not cause any signs or symptoms until it ruptures, and there is hemorrhage (bleeding) in your brain. There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have a brain AVM. Some of these are:

  • Loss of consciousness or collapse
  • Sudden onset of a severe headache
  • Seizures
  • Some type of motor paralysis
  • Sensory disturbance
  • Vomiting
  • Nausea
  • A pulsing noise in your head
  • Severe unsteadiness
  • A whooshing sound that can be heard when your skull is examined with a stethoscope
  • Numbness or weakness that is progressive
  • Problems with your speech
  • An inability to understand others.

You or a loved one may have a brain AVM. This malformation and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. A brain AVM may be why you are not able to work.

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

You or your loved one may have decided to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. In fact, you may have already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one plans on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something for you to consider. 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 delay. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Osteomyelitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Osteomyelitis is the medical term that is used to refer to infection in a bone. Infections can start in one of your bones if some kind of trauma exposes your bone to germs. Infections can also reach one of your bones by spreading from a tissue that is close by or going through your blood stream.

Osteomyelitis usually affects the long bones in your body. These are your upper arm bone or your leg bones. Osteomyelitis can also affect your pelvis and spine.

Osteomyelitis can either be an acute or chronic condition in adults. In children it is usually an acute condition. Osteomyelitis affects around 2 out of every 10,000 people in the United States.

Osteomyelitis can be caused by a variety of bacteria and fungi. The most common is staphylococcus aureus. Other causes include:

  • Bacteria in your bloodstream that gets in a localized area of your bone
  • A minor trauma that can result in a blood clot around your bone and then a secondary infection
  • A soft tissue infection or a chronic open wound
  • Any kind of open injury to a bone where it pierces your skin
  • An infection from another place in your body that spreads to your bone through your blood stream.

There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have osteomyelitis. Some of these are:

  • Fever that is abrupt
  • Chills
  • Nausea that is a result of being sick with an infection
  • Sweating excessively
  • Tenderness and/or pain in the affected bone
  • Swelling of your legs, feet or ankles
  • Malaise (general feeling of sickness, discomfort or uneasiness)
  • Changes in your gait (the way you walk)
  • Warmth, redness and swelling in the affected bone
  • Lower back pain if your spine is affected
  • The drainage of pus through your skin
  • Lethargy or irritability in young children
  • Chronic fatigue.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with osteomyelitis. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are not able to work. It may be causing you or your loved one’s disability.

Because of this, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may have applied for the financial assistance that you need by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by osteomyelitis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it. Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

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

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Adrenocortical Carcinoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Adrenocortical carcinoma is a cancer that begins in your adrenal cortex. This is the outside layer of your adrenal gland.

Adrenocortical carcinoma is also referred to by other names. It is also called adrenal cancer, cancer of the adrenal cortex, adrenocortical cancer and adrenal carcinoma.

Fortunately, adrenocortical carcinoma is rare. It affects one or two people per one million in population.

It usually develops in adults who are in their 30s and 40s. There is also a childhood form of the disease that usually occurs in children under 5.

Adrenocortical carcinoma may not cause any signs or symptoms in its early stage. As it progresses, there are many different signs and symptoms that this disease may produce depending on whether you are a boy or girl, man or woman and which hormone this cancer is producing too much of. Adrenocortical carcinoma can cause too much testosterone, cortisol, aldosterone or estrogen.

If there is too much testosterone in women:

  • Balding
  • No menstrual periods
  • Fine hair growth on your arms, upper back or face
  • Deepening voice
  • Acne
  • Men making too much testosterone usually have no symptoms.

If there is too much cortisol:

  • A lump of fat on the back of your neck
  • High blood pressure
  • Fine hair growth on your arms, upper back or face
  • Round, red, full face
  • High blood sugar
  • Weight gain in your neck, face and the trunk of your body with thin legs and arms
  • Muscle weakness
  • Deepening of your voice and swelling of your breasts or sex organs in both women and men.

If there is too much aldosterone:

  • Frequent urination
  • High blood pressure
  • A feeling of thirst
  • Muscle cramps or weakness.

If there is too much estrogen in women:

  • Menstrual bleeding in those who have passed through menopause
  • Irregular menstrual periods in younger women.

If there is too much estrogen in men:

  • Impotence
  • Growth of breast tissue
  • Lower sex drive.

You or your child with disability may have adrenocortical carcinoma. It may be why you are disabled and unable to work.

Do you need help because of this disability? Do you need financial assistance?

Have you applied for that financial help from the Social Security Administration for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits for you or your child with disability because of the disability caused by adrenocortical carcinoma? Were you or your child with disability turned down?

If you are planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something that you always need to remember. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people without a lawyer.

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Achalasia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Your esophagus is made up of three functional parts. The top part is the upper esophageal sphincter. This is a specialized ring of muscle that separates your esophagus from your throat. It stays closed most of the time to keep food from backing up from the main part of your esophagus into your throat. This main part is called the body of your esophagus. The last part of your esophagus is the lower esophageal sphincter. This is a specialized ring of muscle at the junction of the esophagus with your stomach. Like the upper esophageal sphincter, the lower esophageal sphincter stays closed most of the time to keep food in your stomach from backing up into the body of your esophagus.

When your esophagus is working properly it allows food to pass from one section to the next by what is called a peristaltic wave. When food reaches the lower esophageal sphincter, it is open and allows food to pass into your stomach.

Achalasia is a rare disease of the muscle of your esophagus (swallowing tube). The word, “achalasia” means “failure to relax”. It involves the inability of your lower esophageal sphincter to open and let food pass into your stomach.

The most common effect that achalasia will have on you is to cause you to have a hard time swallowing (dysphagia). You may feel like food is sticking in your chest after you swallow it. This problem happens with both solid and liquid food. This is a consistent ongoing problem that happens with virtually every meal that you eat.

Other effects caused by achalasia are:

  • Regurgitation of food trapped in your esophagus
  • Coughing and choking if food enters your throat
  • Aspiration pneumonia can occur if food enters your windpipe (trachea) and lung
  • Loss of weight because of the problem with swallowing
  • Chest pains that are like heartburn or pressure on your sternum.

As you can see, if these effects continue, or you experience them in conjunction with other conditions are complications; you may be unable to work or hold a job. Achalasia and/or other conditions and complications along with it may be the cause of your disability.

You may be looking for help if this is the case. You may be searching for financial help.

Have you applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by achalasia and/or complications along with it? Were you denied?

You may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, think about this. You may need a disability attorney like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in this process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability lawyer are approved more often than those people without an attorney.

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Allergic Vasculitis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Vasculitis is a wide, sweeping term that refers to a group of uncommon diseases that are evidenced by inflammation of your blood vessels. Your vascular system refers to the blood vessels of your body. Your blood vessels are composed of arteries that carry oxygen-rich blood to your body’s tissues, and veins that return oxygen-depleted blood from your tissues to your lungs for oxygen. Vasculitis is marked by inflammation in and damage to the walls of various blood vessels in your body.

Each one of this group of diseases is characterized by distribution of blood vessel involvement, certain patterns of particular organ involvement and laboratory test abnormalities. As a group, these diseases are referred to as vasculitides.

Allergic Vasculitis is one of the many types of vasculitis. It is hypersensitivity to a foreign substance or drug. This results in damage and inflammation to the blood vessels of your skin.

Fortunately, allergic vasculitis is a rare disease. It affects about 6 in every 100,000 people in the United States. Most of the people with this disease are over the age of 15.

Allergic vasculitis is also referred to by other names. It is also called hypersensitivity vasculitis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis and cutaneous vasculitis.

As mentioned earlier, allergic vasculitis is caused by an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity to a drug or another foreign substance. However, even with a complete medical history, no one knows what causes this hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to take place.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may have with allergic vasculitis. Some of these are:

  • Open sores with dead tissue (necrotic ulcers)
  • Skin lesions that are usually found on your buttocks, trunk or legs
  • Hives (urticaria) that may remain for more than a day
  • Blisters on your skin
  • The appearance of red or purple discolorations on your skin.

You or a loved one may be suffering with allergic vasculitis. This disease and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be the reason for you or your loved one’s disability. It may be why you need financial help.

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

Have you or your loved one thought about applying for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by allergic vasculitis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with this disease? Have you or your loved one already taken this step and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one has decided to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, you need to remember this. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer.

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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.

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Actinic Keratosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, January 11th, 2010
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Actinic keratosis is a skin condition that is characterized by crusty or rough, scaly patches or bumps on the surface of your skin. They usually appear on the areas of your skin that are most often exposed to the sun, such as your ears, lips, face, neck, scalp, forearms and the back of your hands.

Actinic keratosis may range in size from as tiny as a pinhead to over an inch across. They can be pink, tan, red or a combination of these colors, or they can be the same color as your skin. They can be dark or light with the crust or scale dry, rough, and horn-like. Actinic keratosis may be raised or flat in appearance.

Actinic keratosis is also called by other names. They are also referred to as solar keratosis, sun spots, or precancerous spots. Dermatologists use the term “AK” for actinic keratosis.

Actinic keratosis grows slowly and usually does not cause any effects other than there appearance on your skin. In fact, they are often recognized by touch rather than by sight.

Actinic keratosis can itch or produce a tender or pricking sensation. This can be especially true after you are out in the sun.

They may disappear only to reappear at a later time. Around half of the actinic keratoses will go away on their own if you avoid all sun exposure for a few years.

You may have one or several actinic keratoses appearing at the same time. In time, they can develop a hard, wart-like surface.

While actinic keratosis may seem harmless, many doctors believe they are precancerous. They can develop into a serious form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma.

You or a loved one may have actinic keratosis that has developed into squamous cell carcinoma. Or, you or your loved one may have actinic keratosis along with other debilitating conditions.

You or your loved one may be at the point where you are unable to work. Actinic keratosis and complications resulting from it or along with it have caused you or your loved one’s disability.

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 from the Social Security Administration? 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 will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and guide you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason 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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Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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Azotemia is a medical condition that is characterized by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing compounds, such as urea, creatinine, various body waste compounds and other nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. It is largely related to insufficient filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Azotemia is also one clinical characteristic of a wider condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that accompany 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.

There are three types of azotemia. This is determined by the cause of the condition. All three types share a few common features. For example, all forms of azotemia are characterized by a decrease in your glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of your kidneys and increases in your blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine serum concentrations. The BUN-to-creatinine ratio is a useful measure in determining which type of azotemia that you have.

Here is some more information about azotemia. It is presented to help you in coping with this condition.

There are several different effects that azotemia can have on you. Some of these are:

  • Chills or fever
  • Nausea or Vomiting
  • Frequent urination
  • Dark or red blood-tinged urine
  • Pain or urgency with urination
  • Swelling of your feet or ankles
  • Confusion or a seizure
  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Difficulty in performing normal activities or extreme muscle weakness.

These effects may be causing you or a loved one to be unable to work. Azotemia and/or related conditions may be the reason for you or your loved one’s disability.

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 or your loved one thought about applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by azotemia and/or other conditions along with it? Have you or your loved one 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 thing that you or your loved one can do is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something for you or your loved one to think about.

You are going to need a disability lawyer like the one you will find 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 who do not have a lawyer.

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

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Acoustic Neuroma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
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An acoustic neuroma is a benign (non-cancerous) growth that comes up on the eighth cranial nerve leading from your brain to your inner ear. This nerve has two distinct parts. One part is associated with sending balance information to your brain from your inner ear, and the other with transmitting sound.

Your eighth cranial nerve lies adjacent to your seventh or facial cranial nerve as they pass through a bony canal called the internal auditory canal. This canal is approximately 2 cm (0.8 inches) long. This is where acoustic neuromas usually originate from the sheath surrounding the eighth nerve. The seventh or facial nerve provides motion to your muscles of facial expression.

Acoustic neuromas usually grow slowly over a period of years. They expand in size where they begin. They can displace normal brain tissue when they grow large. Your brain is not invaded by the tumor, as would be the case in a malignant tumor, but the tumor pushes your brain as it grows.

Acoustic neuroma is also known by other names. It is called acoustic neurilemoma, acoustic neurinoma, auditory tumor and vestibular schwannoma.

Approximately 3,000 cases of acoustic neuroma are diagnosed each year in the United States. Most of the people who are diagnosed with this condition are between 30 and 60 years of age.

Acoustic neuroma is more likely to affect you as the tumor grows and pushes against your brain. Some of the affects it can have on you are:

  • Dizziness (vertigo)
  • Gradual hearing loss, although in some cases it can be sudden and happening only on one side or more pronounced on one side
  • Facial weakness and numbness
  • Headache
  • Mental confusion
  • Loss of balance.

The acoustic neuroma may also press on your brainstem. In rare cases, the tumor may grow large enough to compress your brainstem and be life-threatening.

There can be serious complications with an acoustic neuroma that may prevent you from working. Some of these debilitating affects are:

  • Clumsy gait and difficulties with balance
  • Permanent hearing loss
  • Facial weakness and numbness.

As you can see, the effects produced by an acoustic neuroma may qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. The wise disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com is the one who can best advise you about this.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by an acoustic neuroma and been denied? Are you trying to decide what to do now?

If you plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you may need an advocate like a disability attorney that you can find 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 do not have a lawyer.

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

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits When Suffering With Asbestosis

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Asbestos is a natural mineral product. The fact that it shows great resistance to corrosion and heat has made it extremely valuable in manufacturing. In the past, it was widely used in products like cement, fire-retardant materials, insulation and some vinyl floor tiles.

In the middle of the 70s, the United States government began to regulate the use of asbestos and asbestos products. The handling of asbestos is strictly regulated, today.

Before this government regulation many people who, in their work, had long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos developed a breathing disorder called asbestosis. It is regarded as an occupational lung disease. This condition affects the parenchymal tissue of your lungs. Asbestosis is characterized by scarring of your lung tissue and shortness of breath.

Asbestosis is also called other things. It is also referred to as pulmonary fibrosis – from asbestos exposure and interstitial pneumonitis – from asbestos exposure.

The effects of asbestosis do not usually show up until 5-10 years after the exposure to asbestos. However, there have been documented cases within 1-3 months of exposure to asbestos.

The signs and symptoms that you may experience can range anywhere from mild to severe. Some of these are:

  • Tightness in your chest
  • Chest pain
  • Coughing
  • Shortness of breath with exertion, but later even while resting
  • Decrease in tolerance for doing physical activity
  • Nail abnormalities
  • Clubbing of your fingers.

Most of the effects caused by asbestosis are like those of other breathing disorders, such as asthma. However, the way they develop is much different. The indications of asbestosis come over a period of months and years.

There can be serious complications with asbestosis. Some of the things this disease can result in are:

  • Heart problems
  • Lung cancer
  • Other cancers
  • Other lung damage
  • High blood pressure in your lungs.

Asbestosis and/or complications resulting from this disorder may be the reason why you or a loved one is unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

You or your loved one may need assistance. You 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 asbestosis and/or complications resulting from it? 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 you do, you need to be aware of this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in this 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.

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.

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