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Obstructive Hydrocephalus and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, July 17th, 2011
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Hydrocephalus is a word that is derived from two Greek words, “hydro” meaning water and “cephalus” meaning head. This condition is sometimes known as “water on the brain”.

Hydrocephalus involves an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles or cavities of your brain. This can result in increased intracranial pressure inside of your skull and progressive enlargement of your head, mental disability and convulsion.

Hydrocephalus was first described by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. However, it remains a lesser-known medical condition to this day.

About 1 million Americans have hydrocephalus. One in every 500 live births in the United States is affected by hydrocephalus.

Obstructive hydrocephalus is a type of hydrocephalus that results from some visible blockage in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. Most of the time, obstructive hydrocephalus is caused by a mass (brain tumor) in your brain that blocks the flow of fluid or by some type of malformation or scarring that narrows or completely blocks part of the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. This scarring or malformation is often referred to as webs or rings. They often result from some prior infection, bleeding or trauma, or they can be congenital (present at birth).

The signs and symptoms of obstructive hydrocephalus are virtually the same as those of any other kind of hydrocephalus with just a few exceptions. Your brain gets compressed and your ventricles enlarge due to the increased pressure in your brain. Also, nervous system tissue does not work well under compression or pressure.

There are many, varied signs and symptoms that you may experience which obstructive hydrocephalus has in common with other forms of hydrocephalus. These may include:

  • Headache that is followed by vomiting
  • Difficulty with coordination, balance or gait
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Memory loss
  • Blurred or double vision
  • Confusion
  • Sluggishness or lack of energy
  • Irritability
  • Slowing of development or regression
  • Eyes that are fixed downward
  • Nausea
  • Changes in personality.

If your obstructive hydrocephalus is due to a tumor or other mass, you may experience neurological signs and symptoms that are associated with the mass or tumor itself. These will depend on the location and type of tumor.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with obstructive hydrocephalus. Obstructive hydrocephalus and/or complications that have developed from it or other illnesses that you have in conjunction with this condition may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

You may need help as a result of this. You may need financial assistance.

 

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that is primarily neurological in nature. It is a multisystemic disease that affects your endocrinological, musculoskeletal, immune, cardiovascular and central nervous systems.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a complex and debilitating disease. It is marked by chronic physical and mental exhaustion.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis is far more prevalent in women than in men. Two to four times as many women as men are diagnosed with this disease.

The cause of myalgic encephalomyelitis is not known. However, there are some things that have been suggested as being possible causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Some of these include:

  • Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
  • Candidiasis (a body wide yeast infection)
  • Anemia (iron-poor blood)
  • An environmental allergy
  • A persistent viral infection
  • Mistaken attacks by your immune system on your blood vessels, musculoskeletal system and nervous system.

If this last suggestion is correct, it would mean that myalgic encephalomyelitis is an autoimmune disease. This is a type of disease where for some unknown reason your immune system attacks your own body.

The hallmark sign or symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis is incapacitating fatigue that causes you to feel totally exhausted with extremely poor stamina. However, there are several other signs and symptoms that you may have with this disease. Some of these are:

  • Tender lymph nodes
  • Problems with speech and coordination
  • Headache and sore throat
  • Severe pain
  • Post-exertional malaise (generalized feeling of weakness, sickness or not being well)
  • Difficulty with balance
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Flu-like symptoms, such as pain in your muscles and joints
  • Subnormal or poor body temperature control resulting from circulation problems
  • Unrefreshing sleep
  • Impaired mobility
  • Visual problems
  • Changes in sensory tolerance.

There are many other signs and symptoms that have been reported by people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. These signs and symptoms fluctuate and vary in intensity and severity. The degree of complexity and impairment caused by this disease is determined by the degree of diffuse brain injury and organ involvement that you experience.

You or a loved one may be suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis. Myalgic encephalomyelitis and/or complications that have been caused by it or other disorders that you have in addition to this disease may have brought about the disability of you or your loved one and be what is keeping you from being able to work.

As a result of this, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be thinking 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 that has resulted from myalgic encephalomyelitis and/or complications that have developed from it or other disorders that you have in addition to this disease. You may have already done this and been turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one has been considering reapplying or appealing the denial, you really should think carefully about this established fact that you may not be aware of. The fact of the matter is 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 on their side.

Please do not wait or put this off until tomorrow. This is a matter of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Benign Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, May 23rd, 2011
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Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases. These diseases result in progressive muscle weakness in the muscles that enable your body to move.

If you have muscular dystrophy, you have missing or incorrect information in your genes. This stops you from producing the proteins that you need for healthy muscles. Muscular dystrophy is a congenital disease. This means that it is something you are born with. It is not something that is contagious.

Muscular dystrophy weakens your muscles as time goes by. This disease causes you to gradually lose your ability to do the things that most people take for granted like walking or sitting up.

The difficulties resulting from muscular dystrophy may have begun when you were a baby, or they may have started in childhood, adolescence or adulthood.

There are several different kinds of muscular dystrophy that affect different muscle groups in different ways. Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is one of the forms of this disease.

Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of your legs and pelvis. It is a form of dystrophinopathy where there is not enough dystrophin made in your muscle cells. This leads to instability in the structure of your muscle cell membrane.

Benign pseudohypertrophic dystrophy is like Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The main difference is that its progression of muscle weakness occurs at a much slower rate. It is also far less predictable than Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is a disease that nearly always affects boys. It is rare when a girl is affected by this disease.

The signs and symptoms of benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy usually start in adolescence or adulthood. Possible signs and symptoms are:

  • Frequent falls
  • Muscle deformities like the enlargement of your calf muscles
  • Skeletal deformities in your back and chest
  • Slowly progressive muscle weakness as in difficulty walking, running, jumping or hopping
  • Wasting (loss of muscle mass)
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Loss of coordination and balance
  • Heart disease
  • Walking on toes
  • Fatigue
  • Cognitive problems that do not get worse with time
  • Walking on toes.

You or a loved one may have benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy. Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy and/or complications that have been caused by it or other conditions that you have in addition to this disease may have brought about the disability of you or your loved one and be what is preventing you from working.

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Brachial Plexus Neuropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, May 16th, 2011
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Neuropathy is a medical term that is used for diseases or malfunctions that affect your peripheral nervous system. The term is usually used to mean the same thing as peripheral neuropathy.

Your peripheral nervous system is a vast communications network that transfers information from your brain and spinal cord (your central nervous system) to all of the other parts of your body. It also sends sensory information back to your brain and spinal cord. These are messages like your hand is burned or your foot is cold.

There are more than 100 types of peripheral neuropathy that have been identified. Each one of these forms of the disorder has its own characteristic pattern of development, set of signs and symptoms and prognosis.

Brachial plexus neuropathy is one of the forms of peripheral neuropathy. It involves your brachial plexus. This is a bundle of nerves that are linked with your arm and shoulder.

Brachial plexus neuropathy is marked by the attack of intense pain in your shoulder and upper arm. This is followed by regional weakness.

Fortunately, brachial plexus neuropathy is not a common disorder. It is sometimes misdiagnosed as a problem that originates in your cervical spine.

Even though the specific causes of brachial plexus neuropathy are not known, there are several factors that may play a role in the development of this disorder. Some of these are:

  • Stretching injuries
  • Excessive exposure to toxins and radiations
  • Parasitic infestation
  • Inflammation
  • Tumors that press on your nerves
  • Trauma to brachial plexus area
  • Certain medications
  • Congenital (present at birth) abnormalities
  • Viral infections, especially those of the upper respiratory tract
  • Systemic illness like temporal arteritis or polyarteritis nodosa
  • Some vaccinations
  • Bacterial infection like typhoid or pneumonia.

The hallmark sign or symptom of brachial plexus neuropathy is the onset of intense pain in your upper arm and shoulder, although the level of pain may vary from person to person and with the severity of the disorder. Other possible signs and symptoms include:

  • Regional muscle weakness
  • Abnormal sensations like burning or tingling
  • Numbness in your hand, arm or shoulder
  • Horner syndrome (affects the nerves of your face and eye)
  • An inability to raise or extend your hand or wrist

You or a loved one may have brachial plexus neuropathy. Brachial plexus neuropathy  and/or complications that have occurred from it or other conditions that you have in addition to this disorder may have brought about the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

As a result of this, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be thinking 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 that has been caused by brachial plexus neuropathy and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other conditions that you have in addition to this disorder. You may have already done this and been turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is considering reapplying or appealing the denial, keep this vital fact in mind that you may not be aware of. The simple truth is 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 fighting for them.

Please do not hesitate or wait until tomorrow. This is far too important to you or your loved one. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Erb’s Palsy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
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Your brachial plexus consists of a network of nerves that start near your shoulder and neck. These nerves begin at your spinal cord in your neck. They control your hand, elbow, shoulder and wrist.

Your nerves are the electrical wiring system that transmits messages from your brain to all of the other parts of your body. Your nerves can be compared to an electrical cable that is wrapped in insulation.

Your motor nerves are the ones that carry messages from your brain to your muscles that permit your body to move. Your sensory nerves relay messages from different areas of your body to your brain. These are messages related to pressure, pain and temperature. Your brachial plexus contains both motor and sensory nerves.

Your brachial plexus is quite fragile. It can be hurt through cutting, pressure or stretching. These nerves can be torn out of their roots in your neck if the injury you sustain is bad enough.

Erb’s palsy is a paralysis of your arm that is caused by injury to the upper group of your arm’s main nerves. These nerves form part of your brachial plexus. The paralysis caused by Erb’s palsy may be partial or complete.

The most common cause of Erb’s palsy is a traumatic fall onto the side of your head and shoulder, which violently stretches the nerves of your plexus. The upper trunk of your plexus sustains the greatest injury. Other causes include direct violence, gunshot wounds, violent traction or efforts at reducing a dislocation of your shoulder joint.

There are signs and symptoms that may indicate that you have Erb’s palsy. Some of these include:

  • Loss of sensation in your affected arm and paralysis
  • Atrophy of your deltoid, biceps and brachialis muscles
  • Your affected arm hanging by your side and being rotated medially
  • The forearm of your affected arm being extended and pronated
  • An inability to raise your affected arm from its side
  • The power of flexion of your affected elbow is lost
  • Supination of your affected elbow is also lost.

You or a loved one may be suffering from Erb’s palsy. Erb’s palsy and/or complications that have developed from it or other ailments that you have along with this palsy may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

You may need assistance because of this. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be considering 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 that has resulted from Erb’s palsy and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other ailments that you have along with this palsy. You may have already tried this option, and your claim was turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one has decided to reapply or appeal the denial, you really ought to consider this simple fact. The truth is that people who are represented by a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability attorney in their corner.

Please do not delay or put this off until tomorrow. It is far too important to you or your loved one. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Parietal Lobe Epilepsy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, January 21st, 2011
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Epilepsy is a word that may scare you. The word “epilepsy” comes from a Greek word meaning “to possess, seize or hold.” Epilepsy is a medical disorder that has been greatly misunderstood. People with epilepsy are not “crazy”, and this condition is not contagious.

At any given time, about 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide. About 2.5 million of those people with epilepsy are in America. Over 180,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every year. Epilepsy usually begins in children or people over age 65, but it can begin at any age.

Epilepsy is actually a group of related disorders that are evidenced by recurring seizures. These related disorders may have widely different signs and symptoms, but they all involve episodic abnormal electrical activity in your brain. Epilepsy disrupts the transmission of electrical signals in your brain. When this happens a seizure takes place.

Your parietal lobe is situated right behind your frontal lobe. It plays an important part in the integration of sensory information, visuospatial processing (visual perception of spatial relationships among objects) and touch perception. If you are right-handed, your parietal lobe plays a role in mathematical skills, language and planned movements like writing.

Parietal lobe epilepsy is seizures that begin in the parietal lobe of your brain. It is a relatively rare kind of epilepsy. Parietal lobe epilepsy accounts for about 5% of all epilepsy.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may have with parietal lobe epilepsy. Some of these are:

§  Visual hallucinations and illusions

§  Language problems like difficulty reading, doing simple math or understanding language or spoken words

§  Somatic illusions like feeling like a part of your body does not belong or is missing, or feeling like your posture is distorted

§  Feeling physical sensations of tingling and numbness, pressure, electricity or heat

§  Pain that moves in a pattern from your face to your hand, then up your arm and down your leg

§  Vertigo, a sensation that your environment is spinning or moving.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with parietal lobe epilepsy. This disorder and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions that you may have along with it may be the reason why you are disabled and not able to work.

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

You or your loved one may be thinking 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 parietal lobe epilepsy and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions that you may have along with it. You or your loved one may have already tried this option and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is considering reapplying or appealing the denial, think about this. The truth 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 on their side.

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
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At any given time, about 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide. About 2.5 million of those people with epilepsy are Americans. More than 180,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every year. Epilepsy usually begins in children or people over age 65, but it can occur at any age.

Epilepsy is actually a group of related disorders that are characterized by recurring seizures. These related disorders may have vastly different symptoms, but they all involve episodic abnormal electrical activity in your brain. Epilepsy disrupts the transmission of electrical signals in your brain. When this happens a seizure takes place.

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a term that is used in reference to seizures that are generated in that portion of your brain that is called the temporal lobe. This can mean either your left or right temporal lobe. In rare instances, seizures may occur in both temporal lobes.

Your temporal lobe is that part of your brain that processes fight or flight reactions, short-term memory and emotions. If you have frontal lobe epilepsy, you may have strange feelings at the beginning of your seizures. These feelings may range anywhere from fear to euphoria, hallucinations of smell or taste and déjà vu.

An emotion or unusual sensation that is known as an aura may take place before a temporal lobe epilepsy seizure that serves as a warning of an impending seizure. An aura is really a small seizure in and of itself. Examples of auras are:

  • A rising sensation in your abdomen
  • A sudden sense of unprovoked fear
  • The sudden occurrence of a strange taste or odor
  • A déjà vu experience.

There are some signs and symptoms of a temporal lobe epilepsy seizure. These include:

  • Repeated chewing or swallowing
  • Loss of awareness of surroundings
  • Unusual finger movements like picking motions
  • Staring
  • Lip smacking.

There are signs and symptoms that you may experience after a temporal lobe epilepsy seizure. These include:

  • Problems with speaking and a short time of confusion
  • Being unaware that you have had a seizure until someone tells you
  • An inability to recall things that happened during the seizure.

You or a loved one may have temporal lobe epilepsy. This disorder and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions that you may have along with it may be the cause of your disability and need for financial assistance.

You or your loved one may intend 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 caused by temporal lobe epilepsy and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions that you may have along with it. Have you or your loved one already applied and been denied?

If you or your loved one plans on reapplying or appealing the denial, consider this. People who have a disability lawyer standing with them are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

We can help you find a disability lawyer to help you fight the Social Security Administration for the benefits you deserve.

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Auditory Neuropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
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The term “neuropathy” is used to refer to any and all malfunctions or diseases of your nerves. For example, peripheral neuropathy is a condition in which your peripheral nervous system is damaged. It is the vast communications network that transmits information from your brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) to every other part of your body.

Auditory neuropathy (AN) is a hearing disorder that is marked by sound entering your inner ear normally, but the transmission of signals from your inner ear to your brain is impaired. It is a variety of hearing loss where your outer hair cells within your cochlea are present and functional, but the sound information is not faithfully transmitted properly to your auditory nerve and brain.

Auditory neuropathy is known by other names. It is also known as Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dys-synchrony (AN/AD) or Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD).

Auditory neuropathy is a disorder that can affect anyone at any age. The number of people with this condition is unknown. What is known is that auditory neuropathy affects a relatively small percentage of people who are hearing-impaired or deaf.

Auditory neuropathy is a condition that is not fully understood at the present time. Researchers believe that this disorder may have more than one cause. Possible causes include:

  • Faulty connections between your inner hair cells and the nerve that goes from your inner ear to your brain
  • Damage to the nerve going from your inner ear to your brain
  • Damage to your inner hair cells (specialized sensory cells in your inner ear that transmit information sounds through your nervous system to your brain).

There are signs and symptoms that may be an indication of auditory neuropathy. Some of these include:

  • Normal Hearing, but trouble understanding
  • Anywhere from mild to severe hearing loss
  • Poor speech-perception abilities (trouble understanding speech correctly)
  • Speech perception that is worse than the degree of hearing loss would indicate
  • Hearing sounds, but difficulty recognizing spoken words
  • Sounds fading in and out and seeming out of sync.

You or a loved one may have auditory neuropathy. Auditory neuropathy and/or complications that have resulted from this disorder or other disabling conditions that you have along with it may be why you are disabled and in need of financial assistance.

You or your loved one may intend 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 caused by auditory neuropathy and/or complications that have resulted from this disorder or other disabling conditions that you have along with it. You or your loved one may have already applied, and your claim was turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one plans on reapplying or appealing the denial, always remember. People who have a disability lawyer standing with them like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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Grand Mal Epilepsy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Epilepsy is a word that has frightened people. The word “epilepsy” comes from a Greek word meaning “to possess, seize or hold.” Epilepsy is a medical condition that has been greatly misunderstood. Epilepsy is not contagious, and people with this condition are not “crazy”.

At any given time, about 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide. About 2.5 million of those people with epilepsy are Americans. More than 180,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every year. Epilepsy usually begins in children or people over age 65, but it can occur at any age.

Epilepsy is actually a group of related disorders that are characterized by recurring seizures. These related disorders may have vastly different symptoms, but they all involve episodic abnormal electrical activity in your brain. Epilepsy disrupts the transmission of electrical signals in your brain. When this happens a seizure takes place.

Grand mal epilepsy, which is also known as a tonic-clonic seizure, is the kind of epilepsy that most people picture when they think about epilepsy. Grand mal epilepsy involves generalized seizures that affect your entire brain. These seizures begin with stiffening of your limbs (tonic phase). This is usually followed by jerking of your limbs and face (clonic phase), although some people only have the tonic phase and some people only experience the clonic phase of a grand mal seizure.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may have with grand mal epilepsy. Some of these are:

§  An aura – This is a kind of warning sign that a grand mal seizure is about to take place. It varies from person to person. It may be a strange sense of smell, a feeling of numbness or feeling a sense of unexplained dread.

§  A severe headache – This happens to most but not all people after a seizure.

§  Confusion – A time of disorientation may follow a seizure that is known as postictal confusion.

§  A scream – Some people cry out at the start of a seizure.

§  Unresponsiveness after a seizure – Unconsciousness may continue for several minutes after a seizure has ended.

§  Fatigue – Sleepiness is usual after a seizure.

§  Loss of bladder and bowel control – This may take place during or after a seizure.

You or a loved one may have grand mal epilepsy. This disorder and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions along with it may be the cause of your disability and need for financial assistance.

You or your loved one may consider applying 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 caused by grand mal epilepsy and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions along with it. You or your loved one may have already applied and been turned down.

If you or your loved one decides to reapply or appeal the denial, remember this. The fact is that people who have a disability lawyer in their corner like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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Syringomyelia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Syringomyelia (SM) is a chronic disorder that involves your spinal cord. For reasons that are only now being understood, cerebrospinal fluid enters your spinal cord and forms a cyst or tubular cavity within your spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, elongates and expands over time, destroying the center of your spinal cord.

Syringomyelia is a rare disorder. Estimates on the number of people in the United States who are affected with this condition vary widely because it can occur in conjunction with other disorders. A conservative estimate is that around 40,000 Americans have syringomyelia.

Generally, there are two types of syringomyelia. The condition can be related to a congenital abnormality of your brain called Arnold Chiari malformation. This is named after the physician who first described it.

A syrinx may then develop in the cervical region of your spinal cord; this is referred to as communicating syringomyelia. Some people with this form of the disorder also have hydrocephalus (water on the brain), a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) accumulates in your skull or arachnoiditis, in which a covering of your spinal cord is inflamed.

The second major form of syringomyelia occurs as a complication of hemorrhage, trauma, tumor or meningitis. In this case, the cyst or syrinx develops in a segment of your spinal cord damaged by one or more of these conditions. The syrinx may start to expand. If it does, it is sometimes referred to as noncommunicating syringomyelia.

A wide variety of signs and symptoms can be experienced with syringomyelia as the nerve fibers inside your spinal cord are damaged depending on the location and size of the syrinx. You may also have various combinations of different signs and symptoms. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • Wasting and weakness of your upper arm muscles
  • Difficulty walking
  • Weakness of your legs
  • Pain in your arms and neck
  • Numbness and decreased sensitivity to heat, cold and pain in your hands, arms, shoulders and upper body
  • Loss of bladder and bowel control
  • Headaches
  • Chronic pain.

Syringomyelia may have reached a point where you or a loved one is unable to work. This disorder may be the cause of your disability.

If this is true, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you or your loved one applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by syringomyelia? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one is planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, keep this in mind. People who are represented by a skilled disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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