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Mitral Stenosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
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Your heart is the very center of your cardiovascular system. Your heart pumps blood by means of your body’s blood vessels to all of the cells in your body. Your blood has oxygen that your cells have to have to live and function properly. Heart disease is a broad medical term that is used for a group of diseases that take place when your heart and blood vessels are not working like they should.

Your mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve or left atrioventricular valve. It is a dual-flap valve that separates your lower (ventricle) and upper (atrium) chambers of the left side of your heart. Your mitral valve is responsible for controlling blood flow from your left atrium into your left ventricle.

Mitral stenosis is a disease that is marked by your heart’s mitral valve becoming narrowed (stenotic). It becomes stiff or scarred, or the flaps are partially joined together. The causes your mitral valve to not open the way that it ought to. This hinders the flow of blood through your heart, as well as the rest of your body.

The incidence of mitral stenosis has decreased due to the fact that the incidence of rheumatic fever has decreased. Rheumatic fever is the most common cause of mitral stenosis. Somewhere around 40% of people with rheumatic fever are affected by mitral stenosis.

Mitral stenosis affects women for more often than men. In fact, two-thirds of the people with this disease are women.

As stated earlier, rheumatic fever is the number one cause of mitral stenosis. There are other things that can also cause this disease. These include:

  • Excessive calcium deposits
  • Tumors or growths
  • Radiation treatment to your chest
  • Certain medications
  • Blood clots
  • Congenital heart defects.

Mitral stenosis may not cause any signs or symptoms or only extremely light ones for decades. Then, this disease can suddenly get much worse. Possible signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

  • Swollen feet or ankles
  • Feeling tired or weak
  • Frequent respiratory infections like bronchitis
  • Heart palpitations (sensations of fluttering, rapid heartbeat)
  • Fatigue that comes especially during periods of increased activity
  • Occasionally, chest discomfort or pain
  • Shortness of breath that occurs especially when you lie down or exert yourself
  • Heavy coughing that can occur with blood-tinged sputum.

You or a loved one may have mitral stenosis. Mitral stenosis and/or complications that have arisen from it or other conditions that you have in addition to this disease may have brought about you or your loved one’s disability and inability to work.

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Ventricular Septal Defect and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Your heart has four chambers. The upper right and left chambers are called an atrium. The lower left and right chambers are called a ventricle.

When your heart is normal, your right and left chambers are completely separated from one another by a wall of muscle that is called a septum. The right and left atrium are separated by the atrial septum, and the right and left ventricle are separated by the ventricular septum.

It is normal for all infants to be born having a small hole in the atrial septum. This hole usually closes during the first few weeks of an infant’s life. It is not normal for an infant to be born with a hole in the ventricular septum.

When this happens, it is referred to as a ventricular septal defect (VSD). It is also commonly called a hole in the heart. This is a condition where there are one or more holes (defects) in the ventricular septum.

A ventricular septal defect is present at birth. Defects present at birth are referred to as congenital.

A ventricular septal defect is the most common congenital heart defect in infants. About 8 out of every 1,000 babies are born with heart defects. About 30% of those babies have a VSD.

There are different kinds of ventricular septal defects. This is determined by where they are located inside of the ventricular septum. Ventricular septum defects are also different in size. A VSD can occur by itself or along with other congenital defects and conditions.

Depending on the size and location of you or your child with disability’s ventricular septal defect, you may not have any signs or symptoms. If you do have signs and symptoms, you or your child with disability may experience:

  • Failure to gain weight
  • Perspiring while eating
  • Shortness of breath
  • Frequent respiratory infections
  • Paleness
  • Pounding heart
  • Hard breathing
  • Fast heart rate
  • Fast breathing
  • Swelling of abdomen, feet or legs
  • Tiring easily
  • Eating poorly
  • Failure to thrive.

You or your child with disability may have a ventricular septal defect. This defect and/or complications resulting from it may be why you or your child with disability is disabled.

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

Have you applied for financial help from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits on behalf of you or your child with disability because of the disability caused by a ventricular septal defect and/or complications resulting from it? Were you or your child with disability turned down by the Social Security Administration?

If you appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this. People who are represented by a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability attorney standing with them.

Please do not hesitate. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Mitral Valve Prolapse and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, February 26th, 2010
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Your heart is the center of your cardiovascular system. Your heart pumps blood through your body’s blood vessels to all of your cells. Your blood carries oxygen that your cells need. Heart disease refers to a group of diseases that occur when your heart and blood vessels are not working like they should.

Your mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve or left atrioventricular valve. It is a dual-flap valve that separates the lower (ventricle) and upper (atrium) chambers of the left side of your heart. Your mitral valve has the function of controlling blood flow from your left atrium into your left ventricle.

Mitral valve prolapse happens when your mitral valve fails to close the way it should. This sometimes results in blood leaking back into your left atrium. This is a condition that is referred to as mitral valve regurgitation.

Mitral valve prolapse is referred to by other names. It is also called floppy valve syndrome, ballooning mitral valve syndrome, click-murmur syndrome and Barlow’s syndrome.

Mitral valve prolapse is the most common heart valve abnormality. As much as 10% of the general population may have some form of this condition.

Most of the time mitral valve prolapse does not cause any problems and does not require treatment. However, when mitral valve prolapse does cause signs and symptoms, it is called mitral valve prolapse syndrome, and it can have serious, life-threatening complications.

As mentioned earlier, many people never have any signs or symptoms with mitral valve prolapse. If you do have signs and symptoms, they can vary greatly from person to person. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath or having trouble breathing that often occurs when you are doing physical activity or lying down flat
  • Chest pain that is not caused by coronary artery disease or a heart attack
  • An irregular or racing heartbeat (arrhythmia)
  • Lightheadedness or dizziness
  • Cough
  • Anxiety, depression and panic attacks
  • Migraine headaches.

You or a loved one may have mitral valve prolapse. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one cannot work. It may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

Have you or your loved one applied 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 mitral valve prolapse and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it? Were you denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, remember this important fact. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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