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Myeloid Metaplasia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Myeloid metaplasia is a serious disorder of your bone marrow that upsets the normal production of blood cells by your body. Your bone marrow goes through fibrosis. What this means is that fibrous scar tissue takes the place of the blood-producing cells in your bone marrow. This leads to abnormally shaped red blood cells, an enlarged spleen and anemia.

Cells that are known as fibroblasts make fibrous (connective) tissue that assists your blood-producing cells when your bone marrow is normal. With myeloid metaplasia, these fibroblasts make too much fibrous tissue. Your blood-producing cells are crowded out when this takes place. This leads to fewer red blood cells being released into your bloodstream, anemia developing that becomes progressively more severe and red blood cell production decreases.

In addition to these problems, many of these red blood cells are immature or misshapen. Variable numbers of white blood cells and immature platelets may also be present in your blood. The number of your white blood cells may decrease or increase, and the number of your platelets usually decreases as myeloid metaplasia gets worse.

Myeloid metaplasia was first described in 1879. It is now classified as a myeloproliferative disease.

Thankfully, myeloid metaplasia is a rare disorder. It affects about 2 out of every 100,000 people in the United States. Myeloid metaplasia can develop at any age, but it occurs most often in people over the age of 50.

Myeloid metaplasia can develop independently, or it can be a consequence of other blood disorders. Myeloid metaplasia is caused by the proliferation and growth of a defective (abnormal) bone marrow stem cell. When this happens your bone marrow is replaced with fibrous connective tissue. However, no one knows what causes the abnormal bone marrow stem cell to occur.

Myeloid metaplasia usually develops slowly. Many people do not have any signs and symptoms in the early stages of the disorder. However, as myeloid metaplasia progresses, here are some signs and symptoms that you may experience:

  • Frequent infections
  • An enlarged liver
  • Fever
  • Pale skin
  • Pain in your bones
  • Excessive sweating as you sleep (night sweats)
  • An enlarged spleen that causes fullness or pain below your ribs on your left side
  • Shortness of breath, feeling weak and tired as a result of anemia
  • Bruising easily
  • Bleeding easily.
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Anemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Sunday, May 1st, 2011
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Anemia is a condition that occurs when your blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Your red blood cells are the primary carriers of oxygen to your organs.

Your body does not get a sufficient amount of iron if your red blood cells are also lacking in hemoglobin. The effects that anemia has on you occur because your organs are not getting a sufficient amount of oxygen.

Anemia affects around 3.5 million people in the United States. It is the most common blood condition in America. It is most common in women and people with chronic diseases.

Women are especially susceptible to iron-deficiency anemia during their childbearing years. This is due to the heightened demands of blood supply during pregnancy and the loss of blood during menstruation.

Senior citizens are also more susceptible to getting anemia. This is because of poor diet and other medical conditions.

There are more than 400 types of anemia. All of these are widely different in their causes and treatments. Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common type. Some forms are hereditary and can affect an infant from the time of birth. Some types of anemia are considered normal. An example is the iron-deficiency anemia that develops during pregnancy.

Anemia can be mild and simply make you feel tired. However, some types of anemia can be severe and may present lifelong health problems.

The primary effect of anemia on you is tiredness or fatigue. However, there are several other ways in which anemia can affect you. Some of these are by causing you to experience:

§  Dizziness

§  Headache

§  Weakness and loss of energy

§  Shortness of breath particularly with exercise

§  Difficulty concentrating

§  Chest pain

§  Coldness or numbness in your extremities

§  Pale skin

§  An irregular or fast heartbeat particularly with exercise

§  Insomnia

§  Leg cramps.

Complications that are associated with anemia can range from mild to severe. The effects caused by anemia can be disabling and cause life-long problems.

Anemia and complications associated with it may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by anemia and complications associated with it? Were you denied?

You or your loved one may be planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, consider this.

You will need a good disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a knowledgeable disability attorney representing them are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

This is something that could affect you or you loved one for the rest of your life. Do not delay. Do not wait. Contact the experienced disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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A Blood Clot and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, April 17th, 2011
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Blood is the vital liquid that flows inside of your blood vessels. Blood is constantly flowing as your heart pumps it through your arteries to all of the cells and organs in your body. Blood returns to your heart through your veins. This is done by the contraction of your muscles. When your muscles contract, they squeeze your veins and enable blood to be propelled back to your heart.

Your blood is composed of red blood cells that contain hemoglobin. Your red blood cells carry oxygen to your cells and remove carbon dioxide. Blood is also made-up of white blood cells that fight infection, platelets that are irregularly-shaped, colorless bodies that help with the clotting of your blood and blood plasma that contains chemicals, protein and fluid that are vital to your bodily functions.

The clotting of your blood is an important process that helps your body repair blood vessels that are injured. When the lining of your blood vessels is damaged, platelets are moved to the injured area where they form an initial plug. Then they release chemicals which start the clotting cascade by activating a series of clotting factors.

The medical term for a blood clot is a thrombus. When a blood clot is needed for repair there are small consequences. However, there are occasions when a blood clot is formed when you do not need it. When this happens, the consequences may be serious and even life-threatening.

The signs and symptoms produced by a blood clot will depend on where it forms in your body. Some of the possible indications are:

  • Pain
  • Chest pain
  • Shortness of breath
  • Discoloration or redness
  • Warmth
  • Swelling
  • Bloody bowel movements
  • Abdominal pain
  • Paralysis
  • Severe headaches
  • Loss of balance and coordination
  • Confusion.

You or a loved one may have a blood clot. A blood clot and/or complications that have resulted from or the underlying condition that caused the blood clot may have led to you or your loved one’s disability and not being able to work.

You may need assistance if this is true. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may intend 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 a blood clot and/or complications that have resulted from or the underlying condition that caused the blood clot. You or your loved one may have already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is planning on reapplying or appealing the denial, there is an important fact that you need to consider. 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 standing with them.

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

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Myelofibrosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Myelofibrosis is a serious bone marrow disorder that disrupts the normal production of blood cells by your body. Your bone marrow undergoes fibrosis. This means that fibrous scar tissue replaces the blood-producing cells in your bone marrow. This results in anemia, abnormally shaped red blood cells and an enlarged spleen.

When your bone marrow is normal, cells called fibroblasts produce fibrous (connective) tissue that supports your blood-producing cells. These fibroblasts produce too much fibrous tissue with myelofibrosis. When this happens it crowds out your blood-producing cells. As a result, your red blood cell production decreases, fewer red blood cells are released into your bloodstream, and anemia develops, becoming progressively more severe.

In addition to this, many of these red blood cells are misshapen or immature. Variable numbers of immature platelets and white blood cells may also be present in your blood. The number of your white blood cells may decrease or increase, and the number of your platelets usually decreases as myelofibrosis gets worse.

Myelofibrosis is also known by other names. It is also referred to as myeloid metaplasia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis and primary myelofibrosis.

Myelofibrosis was first described in 1879. It is currently classified as a myeloproliferative disease.

Myelofibrosis is a rare disease. It affects 2 out of 100,000 people in the United States. Myelofibrosis can occur at any age, but it usually affects people over age 50.

Myelofibrosis usually develops slowly. Many people do not have any effects in the early stages of this disorder. However, as myelofibrosis progresses, you may experience some of these signs and symptoms that include:

  • Fever
  • Pain in your bones
  • Easy bleeding
  • Easy bruising
  • An enlarged liver
  • An enlarged spleen that causes fullness or pain below your ribs on your left side
  • Shortness of breath, feeling weak and tired as a result of anemia
  • Frequent infections
  • Night sweats (excessive sweating during sleep)
  • Pale skin.

You or a loved one may have myelofibrosis. This disease may be the reason why you or your loved one is disabled and unable to work.

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

You or your loved one may have applied for that financial help from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by myelofibrosis. Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one is planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, consider this. You or your loved one will need the representation of a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com because people who have a disability attorney representing them are approved more often than those without a lawyer.

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Glomerulonephritis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Your kidneys are complex organs whose principle job is to remove wastes, unneeded electrolytes and excess fluid from your body. Any condition that interferes with your kidney function can lead to a potentially dangerous buildup of waste products in your bloodstream.

Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease that hinders the function of your kidney to remove waste and excess fluids. Glomerulonephritis can be a part of a systemic disease like diabetes or lupus, or it can be a disease by itself. It is then referred to as primary glomerulonephritis.

Glomerulonephritis can be acute. This refers to a sudden attack of inflammation.

It can also be chronic. It comes on gradually when it is chronic.

Glomerulonephritis is also known by other names. It is also called glomerular disease and glomerular nephritis (GN).

The effects caused by glomerulonephritis may depend on whether you have the acute or chronic form of the disease. They can also depend on the cause of your glomerulonephritis.

Your first indication may come from the results of a routine urinalysis. Your effects may include:

  • Foam in your toilet water due to protein in your urine (proteinuria)
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Decrease in frequency of urination
  • Weakness and fatigue from kidney failure or anemia
  • Diluted iced-tea-colored urine resulting from hematuria (red blood cells in your urine)
  • Edema (fluid retention) along with swelling in your feet, abdomen, hands and face

If you have the chronic form of glomerulonephritis you may gradually begin to experience some of these signs and symptoms:

  • Vomiting and nausea
  • Malaise (general sick feeling)
  • Headache
  • Unintentional weight loss
  • Frequent hiccups
  • Generalized itching
  • Muscle cramps  and muscle twitching
  • Headache and seizures
  • Decrease in alertness
  • Bleeding or bruising easily.

You or a loved one may have glomerulonephritis. This disease and/or conditions resulting from or in conjunction with this disorder may be the reason you or your loved one is disabled and unable to work.

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 or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by glomerulonephritis and/or related conditions? 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 may need an disability lawyer like the one you will find at Social Security Home to counsel you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason why 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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Thalassemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder. This means that the disorder is passed down from parents to children through genes.

Thalassemia causes your body to make less healthy red blood cells and hemoglobin than your body needs. Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that is in your red blood cells. It is the substance that allows your red blood cells to carry oxygen to all parts of your body.

Normal hemoglobin is also called hemoglobin A. It has four protein chains. Two are alpha globin, and two are beta globin. There are two major types of thalassemia. They are alpha and beta thalassemia, so named after defects in these protein chains.

In order for enough alpha globin protein chains to be made, four genes are required. Alpha thalassemia happens when one or two of the four genes are not present. Moderate to severe thalassemia is a result of more than two of the genes not being present.

An adequate number of beta protein chains require two genes, one from each of your parents. Beta thalassemia is a result of one or both genes being altered.

Thalassemia is also known by other names. It is also called Mediterranean anemia and Cooley’s anemia.

Thalassemia affects both men and women. It is most prevalent in people of Greek, Italian, Asian, Middle Eastern and African descent.

Fortunately, thalassemia is a rare disease. This means that it affects less than 200,000 people in the United States.

If you have a mild type of thalassemia, you may not have any signs or symptoms. The signs and symptoms that you experience will depend on the severity and type of thalassemia that you have. Some of these symptoms are:

  • Irritability
  • Dark urine
  • Weakness and/or fatigue
  • Jaundice (yellow discoloration of your skin)
  • Protruding abdomen
  • Shortness of breath
  • Slow growth
  • Deformities in your facial bones
  • Pale appearance
  • Swelling of your liver and spleen.

Thalassemia and/or conditions along with or that have resulted from it may have reached a point where you or a loved one is unable to work. Thalassemia 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 financial help from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by thalassemia and/or conditions resulting from or along with it? Were you or your loved one denied?

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

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Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Your kidneys play an important role in the way your body functions, not only by filtering your blood and getting rid of waste products, but also by balancing levels of electrolytes in your body, stimulating the production of red blood cells and controlling blood pressure. Your kidneys are located in your abdomen toward the back. Normally, one is located on each side of your spine. Their blood supply comes through the renal arteries directly from your aorta, and they transport blood back to your heart through the renal veins to the vena cava. (The term “renal” is derived from the Latin name for kidney.)

Sensors within your kidneys decide how much water to excrete as urine, along with what concentration of electrolytes when blood flows to your kidneys. For example, if you are dehydrated from exercise or an illness, your kidneys will retain as much water as possible, and your urine will become extremely concentrated. Your urine becomes much more dilute, and your urine becomes clear when you have enough water in your body.

Medullary cystic kidney disease is an inherited disorder. This disease is characterized by cysts that develop in the center of each of your kidneys. The result is a gradual loss of your kidneys ability to function.

There are signs and symptoms that you may experience in the early stages of medullary cystic kidney disease. These include:

  • Nocturia (urinating during the night)
  • Weakness
  • Salt cravings
  • Polyuria (excessive urination)
  • Low blood pressure.

In the advanced stages of this disease, you may have signs and symptoms of kidney failure that include:

  • Malaise (general sick feeling)
  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Nausea
  • Headache
  • Seizures
  • Delirium
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Decreased alertness
  • Blood in your stool or vomiting blood
  • Coma
  • Confusion
  • Muscle cramps or twitching
  • Drowsiness
  • Extreme sleepiness
  • Bleeding or bruising easily
  • Frequent hiccups
  • Increased skin pigmentation that may appear brown or yellow
  • Reduced sensation in your feet, hands or other areas.

You or a loved one may be suffering from medullary cystic kidney disease. This disease and/or complications arising from or along with it may be why you are disabled and unable to work.

You may need help if this is your situation. You may need financial assistance.

Are you or your loved one planning on applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by medullary cystic kidney disease and/or complications resulting from or along with it? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you intend to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, think this over very carefully. People who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a disorder that happens when an infection in your digestive system produces toxic substances that destroy red blood cells. It is a disease characterized by blood clotting within your capillaries, the smallest blood vessels in your body.

Red blood cells are sheared apart and broken as they pass through your clogged capillaries. This is called hemolysis and is responsible for the first part of the syndrome’s name. The other half of the syndrome’s name refers to kidney failure in which urea and other waste products build up in your bloodstream because your kidneys cannot filter and dispose of them.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a serious but uncommon condition that can cause life-threatening kidney failure. This is especially true for children and older adults.

In children, most cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome develop after several days of diarrhea that is often bloody. This is due to infection with a specific strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) known as O157:H7. Adults also may develop hemolytic uremic syndrome after an E. coli infection, but more often the cause is uncertain or even unknown.

There are several different effects that you may experience with hemolytic uremic syndrome. Some of these are:

  • Pale skin color
  • Yellowish skin color (jaundice)
  • Skin rash that looks like tiny red spots (petechiae)
  • Decrease in urination
  • Blood in your stools
  • Fever
  • Diarrhea and vomiting
  • Fatigue, weakness, lethargy and irritability
  • Abdominal pain
  • Swelling in your hands, feet, face or all over your body
  • Unexplained, small bleeding or bruises from your mouth and nose
  • Low urine output
  • No urine output

Sometimes, you may have neurological effects like seizures.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome and/or complications resulting from this disease can cause you to be disabled. This may be the case for you or a loved one.

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

Have you or your loved one applied for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by hemolytic uremic syndrome? 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 this is what you decide to do, you need to think about this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to assist and advise you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this being true is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

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Berger’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Your kidneys are complex organs whose main job is to remove excess fluid and waste from your body. Berger’s disease is a kidney disorder that is caused by abnormal deposits of the immunoglobulin A (IgA), which is inside the small blood vessels (glomeruli) of your kidneys.

Glomeruli normally filter excess water and waste from your blood. This filtered material then goes through small fluid-collecting tubes (renal tubules) and eventually winds up in your bladder as urine. IgA deposits in your glomeruli hinder this process and can lead to protein and blood in your urine, swelling in your hands and feet and hypertension (high blood pressure).

Berger’s disease is a chronic condition that develops gradually. It usually affects young men, but it can occur at any age in both males and females.

Berger’s disease is the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis. It is a type of kidney disease that hampers your kidneys’ ability to remove waste and excess fluids.

Berger’s disease is named after a French physician named Jean Berger. He was the first one to describe this condition.

Berger’s disease is also known by other names. It is also called IgA nephropathy, IgA nephritis, synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis, thin basement membrane disease and Berger’s nephropathy.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with Berger’s disease. Some of these are:

  • Swelling (edema) in your feet and hands
  • Low-grade fever
  • Repeated episodes of tea-colored or cola-colored urine (blood in your urine or gross hematuria), usually during or following an upper respiratory infection
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Pain in your side or sides
  • Foamy urine resulting from proteinuria (protein in your urine).

In addition to these effects that you may experience, your doctor may discover persistent red blood cells in your urine (microscopic hematuria), upon a microscopic examination of a sample of your urine.

Berger’s disease and/or complications arising from or related to this disorder can be debilitating. It may be the cause of you or a loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, you or your loved one may need help? You may need financial help?

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who will provide the help that you or your loved one needs?

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 Berger’s disease and/or complications resulting from or related to it? Were you denied?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a determined disability lawyer to help you like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in what can be a trying process. This is true 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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Aplastic Anemia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Anemia is a disorder that develops when your blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Your red blood cells are the main transporters of oxygen to your organs.

If your red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin, your body will not have a sufficient amount of iron. When your organs do not get enough oxygen, you experience signs and symptoms associated with anemia.

Somewhere around 3.5 million people have one of the different types of anemia in the United States. The most common blood condition in America is anemia. It is most common in women and people with chronic diseases.

Senior citizens are also more likely to get anemia. This is because of other medical conditions and poor diet.

There are more than 400 types of anemia. All of these vary greatly in their causes and treatments.

Aplastic anemia is one of the forms of anemia that can be extremely serious and severe. Although it can develop at any age, Aplastic anemia is most common in people between 10 and 20 years of age and those over age 40.

Fortunately, aplastic anemia is a rare disorder. It affects men slightly more than women. People of all ethnic groups are affected by aplastic anemia.

Aplastic anemia involves a failure of your bone marrow to produce enough blood cells for circulation. It causes you to have lower counts in all three of your blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

There are several ways that aplastic anemia can affect you. They include causing you to experience:

  • Prolonged or frequent infections
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath especially with exercise or exertion
  • Pale skin
  • Rapid heart rate
  • Easy or unexplained bruising
  • Bleeding gums and nosebleeds
  • Prolonged bleeding from cuts
  • Skin rash.

There are serious problems that can occur along with or because of aplastic anemia. The danger of uncontrolled bleeding and a greater risk of getting infections are two of the complications involving aplastic anemia.

These complications and effects that aplastic anemia can cause may render you or a loved one to be disabled.

Is this true of you or your loved one? Is aplastic anemia the cause of your disability?

Do you need help? Do you need financial help because of you or your loved one’s disability?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied? You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration.

If you do, here is something to think about. You may need a disability attorney to help you through this procedure. The reason for this is because people who are represented by a disability lawyer are approved more often than people without an attorney.

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