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Cardiac arrhythmia is a medical term that is used in reference to any of a group of ailments in which the electrical activity of your heart is not regular. This electrical activity may be either slower or faster than normal.

Some arrhythmias cause little concern. They may occur in a normal, healthy heart. They may be thought of as normal. However, other cardiac arrhythmias are serious, life- threatening medical emergencies that may lead to cardiac arrest and sudden death.

Bradycardia is a type of cardiac arrhythmia. Bradycardia is a medical term that is used to indicate a slow resting heart rate. Usually, bradycardia is when your resting heart rate is below 50 to 60 beats a minute.

Your sinus node works like a natural pacemaker for your heart. It is an area of specialized cells that are located in the upper right chamber of your heart. Your sinus node produces a steady pace of regular electrical impulses that control the rhythm of your heart.

Sick sinus syndrome is a form of bradycardia that begins in the sinus node of your heart. It is a condition in which your sinus node does not function like it should.

There are several things that may cause sick sinus syndrome. Some of these are:

• Scar tissue from a previous heart surgery
• Age-related wear and tear to your heart muscle
• Medications like beta blockers or channel blockers that are used to treat heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure) and other conditions
• Conditions and diseases that cause damage or scarring to your heart’s electrical system.

Sick sinus syndrome may not cause any signs or symptoms in its initial stages. Sometimes, sick sinus syndrome may cause signs and symptoms that come and go. Possible signs and symptoms that you may experience include:

• Chest pains
• Confusion or problems with remembering things
• Slower than normal pulse rate
• Trouble sleeping
• Shortness of breath
• Lightheadedness or dizziness
• Fainting or near-fainting
• Fatigue.

Many of these signs and symptoms are due to a reduction in blood flow to your brain that is caused by your heart beating too slowly.

You or a loved one may have sick sinus syndrome. Sick sinus syndrome and/or complications that have been caused by it or other ailments that you have in addition to this condition may have brought about you or your loved one’s disability and be what is preventing you from being 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 sick sinus syndrome and/or complications that have developed from it or other ailments that you have in addition to this condition. You may have already done this and been turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one has decided to reapply or appeal the denial, here is an important fact that you really should think carefully about that you may not have heard of. It is an established fact 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 in their corner.