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Nerve Illness Mononeuropathy and Getting Social Security

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Neuropathy is a medical term that is used to refer to any type of injury, damage, or illness that involves your nerves or nerve cells. Neuropathy involves your peripheral nervous system and/or your central nervous system.

Your central nervous system is made up of the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. Your peripheral nervous system is composed of all of your nerves that are not located in your brain and spinal cord. Your peripheral nervous system is the expansive communications network that carries information from your spinal cord and brain to all of the rest of your body.

Peripheral neuropathy is used to refer to any type of injury or illness that affects your peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy distorts and sometimes interrupts messages going from your brain to the remainder of your body like static that occurs on a telephone line.

Peripheral neuropathy is a disorder that more than 20 million people are afflicted with in the United States. One of the reasons for this is due to the fact that there are over 100 types of peripheral neuropathy.

Mononeuropathy is one of the kinds of peripheral neuropathy. The reason why this is true is because mononeuropathy results in damage to nerves that are not a part of your central nervous system. Mononeuropathy is damage that takes place to a single nerve or nerve group.

Mononeuropathy brings about the loss of sensation, movement or other function of that nerve or nerve group. Mononeuropathy damage may develop in any area or part of your body. If you are afflicted with mononeuropathy, you may be able to meet the requirements for obtaining social security disability benefits such as SSDI or SSI. What you really ought to do is to talk to one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com will work hard to get you the disability benefits that you are entitled to.

There are several different types of mononeuropathy. Some of these include:

  • Radial nerve dysfunction
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Sciatic nerve dysfunction
  • Common peroneal nerve dysfunction
  • Ulnar nerve dysfunction
  • Axillary nerve dysfunction
  • Femoral nerve dysfunction
  • Cranial mononeuropathy III; compression type
  • Cranial mononeuropathy VI
  • Cranial mononeuropathy VII
  • Cranial mononeuropathy; diabetic type

Most of the time, mononeuropathy occurs as the result of an injury. However, systemic (body-wide) conditions may also cause this disorder.

Another cause of mononeuropathy is pressure that occurs over a long period of time on one of your nerves as a result of an injury or swelling. When this happens, your myelin sheath that covers your nerve or part of the nerve cell (the axon) may become damaged. Signals from your nerve are then stopped or slowed from traveling through it by this damage.

The signs and symptoms that you experience with mononeuropathy are determined by which one of your nerves is affected by the disorder. Some of the possible signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • Weakness
  • Abnormal sensations
  • Pain, tingling or burning
  • Paralysis
  • The loss of sensation
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Diabetic Focal Neuropathy and Receiving Disability Benefits

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

When your nerve cells or nerves are affected by any disorder or injury it is referred to as neuropathy. Your central nervous system and/or your peripheral nervous system may be affected by neuropathy.

Your brain and spinal cord are what compose your central nervous system. This means that all of your other nerves that are not a part of your spinal cord or brain are a part of your peripheral nervous system. Information from your brain and spinal cord is sent to all of the rest of your body through this vast communications network that is known as your peripheral nervous system.

Peripheral neuropathy is a term that is used for any type of disorder or injury that has to do with your peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy is a disorder that distorts and sometimes breaks up messages that are traveling between your brain and all the rest of your body like static on a telephone line.

There are over 100 forms of peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy is a disorder that more than 20 million people are affected by in the United States.

One of the difficulties that goes along with diabetes is that it brings about damage to your nerves. Damage to your nerves that allow you to feel sensations such as pain is one of the complications of diabetes. Diabetic neuropathy is what this common complication of diabetes is known as.

There are different kinds of diabetic neuropathy. Among these are proximal, autonomic, peripheral and focal.

As just mentioned, diabetic focal neuropathy is one of the forms of diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic focal neuropathy is a disorder that involves just one of your nerves. Diabetic focal neuropathy may affect a nerve in your face, arm or leg. It may also involve a nerve in your eye muscles, back or chest.

What is Diabetic Focal Neuropathy?

Diabetic focal neuropathy is usually brought about by exposure over a long period of time to high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar levels may cause damage to delicate nerve fibers. If you are suffering from diabetic focal neuropathy, you may be eligible for social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. The only way to know for sure is by checking with one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com will do their best so that you may receive the disability benefits that are rightfully yours.

Diabetic focal neuropathy may occur in anyone with diabetes. However, it develops most of the time in older adults.  Below we have highlighted some of the neuropathy symptoms that could be signs.

5 Neuropathy Symptoms and Signs

The signs and symptoms of diabetic focal neuropathy often occur suddenly. However, it may take weeks or months to resolve these signs and neuropathy symptoms. In most instances, diabetic focal neuropathy does not result in any long-term problems. Possible signs and symptoms are:

  1. Paralysis on one side of your face (Bell’s palsy)
  2. Aching behind one of your eyes, double vision or difficulty focusing your eyes
  3. Chest or abdominal pain
  4. Pain in your shin or foot
  5. Pain in the front of your thigh.
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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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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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Idiopathic Neuropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, August 13th, 2010
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Neuropathy is a medical term that refers to 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 huge communications network that transfers information from your brain and spinal cord (your central nervous system) to all the other areas of your body. It also sends sensory information back to your spinal cord and brain. These are messages like your foot is burned or your hand is cold.

Peripheral neuropathy affects over 20 million people in the United States. Almost 60% of all people with diabetes have this disorder.

Idiopathic neuropathy affects 2 million of the 20 million people with peripheral neuropathy. It usually affects middle-aged and elderly people.

There are more than 100 kinds of peripheral neuropathy that have been recognized. Each of these types has its own characteristic set of signs, pattern of development and prognosis.

Idiopathic neuropathy is one of these kinds of peripheral neuropathy. It is referred to as “idiopathic” because the causes of it have not yet been identified and determined.

Idiopathic neuropathy affects your peripheral nerves. It interferes and affects the communication between your peripheral nervous system and your central nervous system.

Idiopathic neuropathy is considered to be a primary disease. This means it does not result from another or underlying condition.

As mentioned earlier, this disease is called “idiopathic” neuropathy because the causes of it have not yet been identified and determined. There are many cases where the cause or causes of peripheral neuropathy are not known. So, they are referred to as idiopathic neuropathy.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may experience with idiopathic neuropathy. Some of these are:

  • Unsteadiness while standing or walking
  • Weakness in your muscles
  • Weakness in the muscles around your ankles
  • A feeling of pain, tingling and numbness
  • A feeling of faintness
  • Muscle cramps.

There can be other signs and symptoms depending on which of your nerves are affected. You may also lose the sense of feeling in your toes.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with idiopathic neuropathy. This disease and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be the reason why you or your loved one is disabled and unable to work.

You or your loved one may be thinking about applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of idiopathic neuropathy and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it? You or your loved one may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, consider this. People who are represented by a disability lawyer like the one you find at Social Security Home are approved more often than those who are not represented by an attorney.

Please do not wait. Contact us today to make sure you are getting the benefits you need.

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