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Asbestosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Asbestosis and/or complications resulting from this disorder may be the reason why you or a loved one is unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

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

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by asbestosis and/or complications resulting from it? 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 you do, you need to be aware of this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in this process. The reason for this is because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Here is some information about Asbestosis and its cause.

Asbestos is a natural mineral product. The fact that it shows great resistance to corrosion and heat has made it extremely valuable in manufacturing. In the past, it was widely used in products like cement, fire-retardant materials, insulation and some vinyl floor tiles.

In the middle of the 70s, the United States government began to regulate the use of asbestos and asbestos products. The handling of asbestos is strictly regulated, today.

Before this government regulation many people who, in their work, had long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos developed a breathing disorder called asbestosis. It is regarded as an occupational lung disease. This condition affects the parenchymal tissue of your lungs. Asbestosis is characterized by scarring of your lung tissue and shortness of breath.

Asbestosis is also called other things. It is also referred to as pulmonary fibrosis – from asbestos exposure and interstitial pneumonitis – from asbestos exposure.

The effects of asbestosis do not usually show up until 5-10 years after the exposure to asbestos. However, there have been documented cases within 1-3 months of exposure to asbestos.

The signs and symptoms that you may experience can range anywhere from mild to severe. Some of these are:

Tightness in your chest
Chest pain
Coughing
Shortness of breath with exertion, but later even while resting
Decrease in tolerance for doing physical activity
Nail abnormalities
Clubbing of your fingers.

Most of the effects caused by asbestosis are like those of other breathing disorders, such as asthma. However, the way they develop is much different. The indications of asbestosis come over a period of months and years.

There can be serious complications with asbestosis. Some of the things this disease can result in are:

Heart problems
Lung cancer
Other cancers
Other lung damage
High blood pressure in your lungs.

If you are suffering with asbestosis, you may need the assistance of a disability attorney to get the Social Security disability benefits you are entitled to. Contact a disability lawyer here for a free evaluation of your case.

Tags: Asbestos, disability benefits, Interstitial lung disease, Lung cancer, Social Security Disability
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Crohn’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Crohn’s disease is also known as regional enteritis. Crohn’s disease is a chronic, inflammatory, episodic disease of the gastrointestinal tract. It affects the entire wall of your bowel or intestines that is involved. Skin lesions are areas of inflammation that develop with areas of normal lining in between. This inflammation often spreads deep into the layers of affected tissue.

Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It can affect any part of your gastrointestinal tract from the anus to your mouth. Like ulcerative colitis, another common IBD, Crohn’s disease can be both painful and debilitating and sometimes may lead to a life-threatening complication.

Crohn’s disease may be an autoimmune disease. This is a type of disease where your body attacks its own cells. For example, cancer is an autoimmune disease. Heredity and environment are also possible factors in the development of Crohn’s disease.

Crohn’s disease usually begins between the ages of 15 and 30. However, this condition can occur at any age in life.

It is possible for you to be affected by Crohn’s disease for many years before it is diagnosed. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

Abdominal pain and cramping
Diarrhea
A bloody stool
Reduced appetite and weight loss
Delays in growth or sexual development
Ulcers.

As mentioned above, Crohn’s disease can be both painful and debilitating. It may have reached that point with you or a loved one. Crohn’s disease may be why you or your loved one is not able to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

If this is the case, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance because of the disability caused by Crohn’s disease.

Who can you call on for the financial help that you or your loved one needs? Where will that help come from? What will you do?

Have you or your loved one thought about applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by Crohn’s disease? Have you or your loved one already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

You may be wondering what to do next? What options do you have? Do you have any recourse?

One step that you or your loved one can take is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something to keep in mind.

You or your loved one is going to need the help and assistance of a reputable disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in what can be a long and arduous process. The reason why this is true is because people who are represented by a reliable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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

Tags: Crohn's disease, disability, Gastrointestinal tract, Inflammation, Inflammatory bowel disease, Intestine, social security administration, Social Security Disability, Ulcerative colitis
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Ulcerative Colitis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease. Ulcerative colitis is also a type of colitis. Ulcerative colitis is a disease of your intestine, specifically your large intestine or colon that includes characteristic ulcers or open sores in your colon.

You or a loved one may have ulcerative colitis. This disease may be the cause of your disability.

If this is the case, 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 ulcerative colitis? 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 decide to do this, here is something to keep in mind.

You or your loved one is going to need the help and representation of a reputable disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in what can be a long and arduous process. The reason why this is true is because people who are represented by a reliable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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

Ulceration colitis is a rare disease. About one person in 10,000 gets ulcerative colitis in North America. It is found more often in the northern areas of North America.

Ulcerative colitis causes chronic inflammation of your digestive tract. It is characterized by diarrhea and abdominal pain. Like Crohn’s disease, which is another inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis can be a cause of disability. It can sometimes result in life-threatening complications.

The most serious complication of ulcerative colitis is toxic megacolon. This is when your colon becomes paralyzed so that you cannot pass gas or have a bowel movement.

Other complications include liver disease, perforated colon, inflammation of your eyes, skin and joints and severe dehydration. Although ulcerative colitis is usually not fatal, there can be serious consequences.

The signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis vary widely according to the extent of the disease and the intensity of the inflammation. The extent of ulcerative colitis refers to how much of your colon and rectum are involved in the disease. Diarrhea, rectal bleeding and abdominal pain are some of the most common signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis.

Ulcerative colitis is an intermittent disease. This means that there are periods of intense illness that alternate with periods of remission. Over time, however, the severity of ulcerative colitis usually remains the same.

If you have a continuing change in your bowel movements or any of the following signs and symptoms, you should see your doctor. These indications are:

Continuing periods of diarrhea that do not respond to over-the-counter medications.
Blood in your stool
An unexplained fever that lasts longer that a couple of days
Abdominal pain.

Tags: Conditions and Diseases, Digestive Disorders, Social Security Disability, Social Security Disability Benefits, Ulcerative colitis
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Tachycardia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, September 11th, 2009

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 tachycardia? Were you or your loved one denied?

Tachycardia is a medical term that refers to a kind or type of cardiac arrhythmia. Cardiac arrhythmias are conditions where your heart rate is either too slow or too fast. Bradycardia refers to a heart rate that is too slow. Tachycardia refers to a heart rate that is too fast.

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Usually, in an adult, tachycardia refers to a heart rate greater than 100 beats a minute. However, tachycardia can be a normal physiological reaction to stress. Tachycardia can cause problems requiring medical treatment, and in some cases it can be life threatening.

There are three ways in which tachycardia can hurt you. First, tachycardia can change the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the hemoglobin in your blood. Second, tachycardia can cause your heart to pump blood less efficiently. Third, tachycardia can cause you to feel out of breath or cause angina.

Your likelihood of getting tachycardia increases as you age. Most people with tachycardia have other heart problems that contribute to the development of this condition. Some of these are:

Pericarditis
Dysfunction of your heart’s natural pacemaker (sinus node)
Abnormalities of your heart valves
Long-term high blood pressure
Abnormalities of your heart’s pumping function.

Other people may develop tachycardia that have no underlying heart problems. In this case, possible causes for tachycardia are:

Abnormalities within individual heart cells
An overactive thyroid or other metabolic imbalance
Abnormal electrical properties of groups of heart cells
Exposure to heart stimulants like alcohol, tobacco or caffeine
Emphysema or other lung diseases.

You may not be affected by tachycardia. If you do have effects they may include:

Shortness of breath
Clamminess
Dizziness
Light-headedness
Chest pain
Palpitations
A fast pulse.

As mentioned above, you may not be affected by tachycardia. However, the effects caused by tachycardia can be severe and debilitating.

Tachycardia may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something that you need to think about.

You or your loved one will need a reputable disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in the appeals process. This is true because people who are represented by a reliable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

Do not put this off. Contact the proven disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Tags: Cardiac arrhythmia, heart disease, Social Security, social security administration, Social Security Disability, Tachycardia
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Spina Bifida and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

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Spina bifida comes from the Latin meaning “split or open spine”. Spina bifida is a developmental birth defect that involves the neural tube. Incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube results in an incompletely formed spinal cord.

In addition to this, the vertebrae overlying the open portion of the spinal cord do not fully form and remain open and unfused. This allows the abnormal portion of the spinal cord to stick out through the opening in the bones. There may or may not be a fluid filled sac surrounding the open spinal cord.

Spina bifida is divided into three categories: spina bifida occulta, spina bifida cystica (myelomeningocele) and meningocele. The most common location of the malformations is the lumbar and sacral areas of the spinal cord.

Myelomeningocele is the most serious form of the disorder. It is the kind that leads to disability in most of the people affected with the conditions. The terms spina bifida and myelomeningocele are usually used interchangeably.

The effects of spina bifida vary depending on the type and extent of the spinal defect. Spina bifida occulta is the mildest form of the disorder. Usually, there are no symptoms with this type of spina bifida, and no treatment is needed. In fact, many people with this kind of spina bifida do not even know that they have it. However, some effects can show up later in life.

With spina bifida cystica (myelomeningocele) there is the obvious spinal deformity. The unfused portion of the spinal column allows the spinal cord to protrude through an opening in the overlying vertebrae. The meningeal membranes that cover the spinal cord may or may not form a sac enclosing the spinal elements. There is usually some degree of paralysis and loss of sensation below the level of the spinal cord defect.

There are other effects of spina bifida. These include:

Loss of sensation
Ambulatory problems
Loss of muscle tone
Deformities of the knees, feet or hips
Intense pain
Problems with bladder and bowel control
An abnormality of the cerebellum, that part of the brain that plays a significant role in integrating motor control and sensory perception.

Your child with disability may have spina bifida. This may be the cause of their disability.

If so, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

Have you applied for financial assistance on behalf of your child with disability from the Social Security Administration for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by spina bifida? If your child with disability was denied and you plan to appeal the denial, remember this.

Your child with disability will need a knowledgeable disability attorney to represent them in the appeals procedure. This is because people who are represented by a good disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people without an attorney.

Do not wait. Contact the proven disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Tags: Conditions and Diseases, Congenital disorder, Social Security Disability, Social Security Disability Benefits, Spina bifida, Spinal cord
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Prostate Cancer and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

You may have prostate cancer. This disease may be why you are disabled and in need of financial assistance.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by prostate cancer? Were you denied?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something that you need to think about. People who are represented by an experienced disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved in this process more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not put this off. It is far too important. Contact the established disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Prostate cancer is a cancer that begins in your prostate. Cancer is named by where it begins in your body. No matter where it may spread in your body, it is always named by where it began.

Your prostate is the small walnut-shaped gland in the male reproductive system that produces seminal fluid. This is the fluid that transports and nourishes sperm. Prostate cancer occurs when cells of your prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other parts of your body, especially your bones and lymph nodes.

Prostate cancer can only occur in men because the prostate is exclusively a part of the male reproductive tract. It is a common and serious problem for men in the United States. Prostate cancer is the 2^nd most common type of cancer in American men. Only skin cancer is more common. Each year, prostate cancer is the diagnosis for one out of every three men who are diagnosed with cancer in the United States.

Prostate cancer usually grows slowly. For a while it remains confined to your prostate gland, where it may not cause serious harm. On the other hand, some types of prostate cancer are aggressive and can spread quickly.

One of the difficult things about prostate cancer is that it usually does not involve any noticeable signs or symptoms in the early stages. For this reason, many cases of prostate cancer are not discovered until after it has spread out of your prostate.

When signs and symptoms do occur, they usually depend on how far the cancer has spread or how advanced it is. Early signs and symptoms can involve urinary problems. Some of these are starting and stopping while urinating, decreased force of the urine stream and trouble urinating.

When prostate cancer involves areas around your prostate, there can be blood in your semen and urine. When it has spread to the lymph nodes in your pelvis, you may have pain in your pelvic area or swelling in your legs. In the advanced stages of prostate cancer when it has spread to your bones, you may experience bone fractures, compression of your spine and pain in your bones that will not go away.

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Can my Social Security Disability Attorney expedite my Social Security Disability Claim?

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

In most cases the answer to this question is no, but the goal of hiring a disability attorney is not to speed up or expedite your Social Security Disability case but to increase your chances of receiving Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits.

Unfortunately, many claimants who receive benefits will only do so after their case has been heard by the Administrative Law Judge at the Social Security Disability Hearing. The Social Security Disability process can be extremely slow and the time it takes for your case to be processed can depend on the case load of the Social Security examiner who is reviewing you Social Security Disability application, the time it takes to receive your medical records from the doctors and hospitals you have visited and the number of cases up for review before the Administrative Law Judge who will review your Social Security Disability claim.

If a disability lawyer can not speed up your case, you may wonder if there is anything that can be done to expedite your Social Security claim. The answer is maybe. Gathering medical records is a very time consuming activity for not only the Social Security Administration office but also for your Social Security Disability Attorney. If you are in the application, reconsideration or Social Security Disability hearing level, and you have copies of your medical records, it may expedite your claim if you provide your medical records to your Social Security Attorney. Your disability attorney can coordinate submitting the medical records at the time they submit your Social Security Disability paperwork.

In some instances, a claimant may have a situation which is considered “dire need”. It may help to submit a dire need letter with all the proper information: past due bills, mortgage notices, etc. which will prove you lack the financial resources to support your self. Your Social Security Disability Attorney can ensure the letter is file appropriately. The dire need letter may convince the court to speed up their disability decision.

The final method to expedite your Social Security Disability decision is to submit an “on-the-record-review” of your case. This can be done after your Social Security Disability Attorney has made a request for your Social Security Disability hearing before the Administrative Law Judge.

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Sleep Apnea and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Do you wake up feeling weary and sluggish after a full night’s sleep? Do people tell you that you snore loudly? Do you get sleepy during the day? If the answer is, “Yes”, to these questions you may have sleep apnea. Apnea is Greek for “without breath.”

In this potentially serious sleep disorder, breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. These breathing pauses in your sleep can happen hundreds of times during your sleep and can last often times for a minute or longer. Usually, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a choking sound or loud snort.

Sleep apnea is usually a chronic condition that disrupts your sleep 3 or more nights each week. You often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep when your breathing pauses or becomes shallow. This results in poor sleep quality that makes you feel tired during the day. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

There are 3 main types of sleep apnea. There is obstructive sleep apnea, which is the most common type. This kind of sleep apnea occurs when your throat muscles relax. Central sleep apnea happens when your brain does not send proper signals to your muscles that control breathing. The third type of sleep apnea is complex sleep apnea. This is a combination of both obstructive and central sleep apneas.

Some of the main risk factors for getting sleep apnea are high blood pressure, a thick neck, obesity, a narrowed airway, a family history of sleep apnea, being male, smoking, use of alcohol, sedatives, or tranquilizers and being over the age of 40. However, sleep apnea can strike anyone at any age, even children.

The effects caused by obstructive and central sleep apnea are similar making it difficult to determine which type you have. Some of these effects are:

§ Loud snoring

§ Awaking with a sore throat or a dry mouth

§ Excessive daytime sleepiness (hypersomnia)

§ Difficulty staying asleep (insomnia)

§ Abrupt awakenings accompanied by shortness of breath

§ Morning headache

§ Observed episodes of pauses in breathing during sleep.

Sleep apnea and/or complications resulting from it may be why you or a loved one is unable to work. This disorder may be the cause of your disability.

Consequently, you may need help. 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? 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, think about this.

You or your loved one will need a proven disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in the appeals process. This is true because people who are represented by a qualified disability attorney are approved more often than people without a lawyer.

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

Tags: Sleep Apnea, Sleep Apnea as a disability, Social Security Disability, social security disability attorney, Social Security Disability Benefits, Social Security Disability Lawyer
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