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Brittle Bone Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
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Brittle bone disease is a skeletal disease that is evidenced by very fragile bones that fracture easily. These broken bones often take place under loads that normal bones stand up under without difficulty.

Brittle bone disease is a connective tissue disease. It results from a malfunction in your body’s production of the protein collagen. With brittle bone disease, the amount of the collagen that is made by your body is too little, or the quality is too poor.

Brittle bone disease is a fairly rare disease. Somewhere between 20,000 and 50,000 people in the United States are affected by this disease. Brittle bone disease develops with equal frequency among all ethnic and racial groups and among women and men.

There are four main types of brittle bone disease. Type I is the mildest and most common form of the disease. Signs and symptoms of Type I include:

Ÿ  Scoliosis (curvature of the spine)

Ÿ  Triangular-shaped face

Ÿ  Fragile bones

Ÿ  Hearing loss beginning in your 20s

Ÿ  Thin, smooth skin

Ÿ  Low muscle tone

Ÿ  Brittle teeth

Ÿ  Loose joints

Ÿ  Blue sclerae (whites of the eye).

Type II, brittle bone disease accounts for about 10% of the people with this disease.

This is the most severe form of the disease. This type of brittle bone disease often causes death at or shortly after birth.

About 20% of the people with brittle bone disease have Type III. People with this form of the disease frequently have 100 fractures by the time they reach puberty. Signs and symptoms of Type III are:

Ÿ  Sclera that have a purple, gray or blue tint

Ÿ  Curvature of the spine (scoliosis)

Ÿ  Loose joints

Ÿ  Possible respiratory problems

Ÿ  Soft bones that bend, as well as break, easily

Ÿ  Triangular-shaped face

Ÿ  Possible hearing loss

Ÿ  Barrel-shaped rib cage

Ÿ  Poor tooth development that often causes your teeth to be brittle and discolored

Ÿ  Short stature

Ÿ  Poor muscle development.

 

The severity of Type IV is somewhere between Type I and Type III. Breaks usually take place before puberty with the exception of women after menopause. Some of the signs and symptoms of brittle bone disease Type IV include:

Ÿ  Below average height

Ÿ  Mild to moderate bone deformity

Ÿ  Easily overstretched, loose joints

Ÿ  Scoliosis (curvature of the spine)

Ÿ  Barrel-shaped ribcage

Ÿ  Possible hearing loss

Ÿ  Triangular-shaped face

Ÿ  Possible brittle teeth.

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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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Arthralgia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Arthralgia literally means joint pain. It is the medical term that is used for pain in one of your joints. Polyarthralgia is the term that is used when you have pain in more than one joint.

Arthralgia is not the same thing as arthritis. Arthritis is the diagnosis of a complex disease that refers to over 100 separate conditions. Arthralgia is a sign or symptom not a disease or diagnosis.

Arthralgia is one of the most common and prominent signs or symptoms of many forms of arthritis. However, arthralgia is also a sign or symptom of many different diseases, illnesses, infections or injuries. Arthralgia can even be an allergic reaction to medication.

It is not possible to know how many people are affected by arthralgia because it is a sign or symptom of so many different diseases and conditions. However, it is a problem that virtually everyone will experience at some time in your life. What is known is that arthralgia is more common in women than in men, and the prevalence of this symptom increases with your age.

There are many different illnesses, conditions, diseases, infections and injuries that can cause arthralgia. Here is a list of some of the possible causes of this condition including:

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Bursitis
  • Gout
  • Repetitive strain
  • Lupus
  • Infectious diseases
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia
  • Lyme disease.

While arthralgia is a sign or symptom rather than a disease, there are signs and symptoms of arthralgia that vary according to what the underlying cause of this difficulty is. Some of these are:

  • Pain in your joints
  • Stiffness
  • Redness
  • May include swelling
  • Symptoms of whatever your underlying cause is
  • Joint pain.

You or a loved one may have arthralgia. Arthralgia may be the main sign or symptom of an underlying condition and/or complications that have resulted from that condition that has caused you or your loved one’s disability. This condition may be keeping you or your loved one from working.

Because of this, 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 because of the disability caused by an underlying condition and/or complications that have resulted from that condition in which your main sign or symptom is arthralgia. You or your loved one may have already tried this option, and your application was denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is intending on reapplying or appealing the denial, here is an important fact to keep in mind. The fact is that people who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer in their corner.

Please do not wait or put this off until tomorrow. This is a matter of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact us today and we will put you in touch with a disability lawyer who can help you appeal your denial of benefits.

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Fibromyalgia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Do you hurt all over? Do you feel exhausted, with no energy most of the time? Have you had several tests, and your doctor still cannot find anything specifically wrong with you?  If this is your case you may have fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia was first recognized as an illness in 1987, by the American Medical Association. In 1987, Dr. Don Goldenberg published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association and called the syndrome fibromyalgia.

Before 1987, fibromyalgia was known by several names. It was known as muscular rheumatism, chronic muscle pain syndrome, chronic widespread pain, fibrositis, psychogenic rheumatism, tension myalgias and tension myositis syndrome.

Fibromyalgia affects around 2-6% of the population of America. It is estimated that 1 in 50 people in the United States have fibromyalgia. This means that somewhere around 7 to 10 million people are living with fibromyalgia in America.

Women have fibromyalgia 7 to 9 times more commonly than men. Fibromyalgia is found in all age groups, and it affects people in all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Fibromyalgia is a painful, chronic condition that primarily causes signs and symptoms in your musculoskeletal system. Fibromyalgia causes widespread pain in your tendons, ligaments and muscles, as well as fatigue and exhaustion.  It produces tender points on your body. Places where slight pressure causes pain.

The effects of fibromyalgia can vary, depending on physical activity, stress, the weather or even the time of day. Some of the common ways that you may be affected are:

  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Widespread pain
  • Facial pain and headaches
  • Sleep disturbances and fatigue
  • Greater sensitivity
  • Chest pain
  • Dizziness
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Mood changes
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Tingling or numbness in your feet and hands
  • Mood changes
  • Dry skin, mouth and eyes.

These effects caused by fibromyalgia may be the reason you or a loved one is unable to work. Fibromyalgia may be the cause of your disability.

You or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Are you or your loved one considering applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by fibromyalgia? Have you already done this and been denied?

What options do you have now? What recourse do you have? What do you next?

One option that you or your loved one has is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something important that you need to know.

You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one you will find here to represent you in this procedure. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a caring disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is traditionally thought to be a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes your immune system to attack your joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and disabling inflammatory medical condition, which can lead to significant loss of mobility resulting from joint destruction and pain.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease which means it can affect several organs and tissue or your whole body. As a result, rheumatoid arthritis often affects extra-articular tissues throughout your body including your heart, lungs, skin, blood vessels and muscles.

About 1% or 2.1 million Americans have rheumatoid arthritis. It is the second most common type of arthritis behind osteoarthritis.

The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is still unknown, but has long been believed to be infectious. Food allergies, external organisms and heredity may also play a part in being susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis. There is no evidence that emotional and physical effects, improper diet or stress play a role in this disease.

There are certain factors that may increase your risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis. Some of these are:

  • Age – This disease happens usually between the ages of 40 and 60.
  • Sex- Women are more likely to get rheumatoid arthritis than men.
  • Family history – If anyone in your family has this disease, you have an increased risk for getting it.
  • Smoking – Smoking cigarettes increases your risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis.

The effects caused by rheumatoid arthritis come and go depending on how much your tissue is inflamed. When your body tissues are inflamed, rheumatoid arthritis is active. When the inflammation goes away the disease is in remission.

When rheumatoid arthritis is active, there are several signs and symptoms that you may experience. These include:

  • Lack of appetite
  • Fatigue
  • Low-grade fever
  • Muscle and joint aches
  • Stiffness.

Muscle and joint stiffness happen most notably after periods of inactivity and in the morning. Your joints frequently become swollen, red, tender and painful.

Rheumatoid arthritis can be both painful and debilitating. It may be why you or a loved one is not able to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

As a result, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

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 rheumatoid arthritis? Were you are your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, always remember.

You or your loved one will need the representation of a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in the appeals process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

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

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