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Bulimia Nervosa and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Many people do not know how large a problem obesity and being overweight are in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that 67% of Americans who are 20 years of age and above are either obese or overweight. That means that more than two out of every three Americans are either obese or overweight.

Nearly all of us eat too much at one time or another. Taking second and third helpings of food at holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas are examples of this. If overeating is something that you do habitually and uncontrollably, you may have a disorder that is called bulimia nervosa.

Bulimia nervosa, which is simply called bulimia much of the time, is an eating disorder that is characterized by recurrent binge eating. This eating disorder is similar to binge eating disorder. The primary difference in these two eating disorders is that a person with bulimia nervosa follows their binge eating with some method of purging or bingeing to prevent gaining weight. These unhealthy methods include self induced vomiting, laxatives, enemas, diuretics and over exercise.

The signs and symptoms of both types of bulimia nervosa are similar. There are several physical signs and symptoms of this eating disorder. These include:

  • Irregular heartbeat
  • Bloating
  • Scars, calluses or sores on your hands or knuckles
  • Abnormal function of your bowels
  • Amenorrhea (loss of menstruation) or menstrual irregularities in women
  • Damaged gums and teeth
  • Dry skin
  • Fatigue
  • Swollen salivary glands in your cheeks
  • Dehydration
  • Sores in your mouth and throat.

There are also behavioral and emotional signs and symptoms of bulimia nervosa. Some of these are:

  • Hoarding food
  • Exercising for long, extended time periods
  • Going to the bathroom during meals or after eating
  • Ongoing dieting
  • Anxiety
  • Feeling like your eating is out of your control
  • Depression
  • Eating until you feel pain or discomfort
  • Misusing diuretics, enemas or laxatives
  • Having an excessive, distorted negative body image of yourself
  • Preoccupation with your weight or body shape
  • Eating far more food than in a normal snack or meal.

You or a loved one may have bulimia nervosa. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are disabled. It may be the reason why you need financial help.

You or your loved one may have applied for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. Were you denied?

If you or your loved one intends to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something important for you to think about. People who have a disability lawyer 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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Atrial Fibrillation and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, February 15th, 2010
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Your heart is the center of your cardiovascular system. Your heart pumps blood to all of your cells through your body’s blood vessels. Your blood carries oxygen that your cells need.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common kind of abnormal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia). Cardiac arrhythmia refers to a group of conditions where your heart is beating in an irregular way.

Atrial fibrillation is when your heart’s atria, the two small upper chambers, quiver instead of beating effectively. The result is that your blood is not completely pumped out of these two chambers. This can cause your blood to pool and clot. A stroke can happen if a piece of a blood clot leaves your heart and lodges in an artery in your brain.

About 2.2 million people or around 1% of the population in the United States have atrial fibrillation. About 15% of strokes happen in people with atrial fibrillation.

Your risk of having atrial fibrillation increases with age. Anywhere from 3 to 5% of people over age 65 have this condition.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having atrial fibrillation. These include drinking alcohol, heart disease, advancing age, family history, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions.

The signs and symptoms of atrial fibrillation vary from one person to another. Some people do not have any signs or symptoms. If you do have signs and symptoms, you may experience:

  • An irregular fluttering sensation in your chest
  • You may faint or become light-headed
  • Palpitations (A sensation of an irregular or rapid heartbeat)
  • Chest pain
  • Shortness of breath during any type of exertion
  • Weakness
  • Lack of energy
  • Anxiety
  • Confusion
  • Low blood pressure.

Atrial fibrillation can be chronic or occasional. Chronic atrial fibrillation is an ongoing problem that lasts until it is treated. Occasional atrial fibrillation comes and goes. It may last from minutes to hours and stop on its own.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. It may be why you need financial assistance.

Do you or your loved one 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 atrial fibrillation and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with this disorder? Have you or your loved one already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, think carefully about this. People who have a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those who are not represented by a disability lawyer.

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Prerenal Azotemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Prerenal azotemia is a type of azotemia. The other two types are renal azotemia and postrenal azotemia.

Azotemia is a medical condition that is characterized by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing compounds like creatinine, various body waste compounds, urea and other nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. It has to do with insufficient filtering of your blood by your kidneys.

Azotemia is also a clinical sign of a wider condition known as uremia. Uremia refers to illnesses that go along with kidney failure. Theses include conditions like acidosis, anemia, hyperkalemia, hypertension and hypocalcemia.

Like the other two types of azotemia, prerenal azotemia is marked by abnormal levels of nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-rich compounds in your blood. It is distinguished by what causes it and by a BUN-to-creatinine ratio that is greater than 15. This refers to the ratio of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) to the ratio of creatinine serum concentrations in your blood.

The reason for this involves the mechanism that filters BUN and creatinine. Your glomerular filtration rate (GFR) levels are decreased due to hypoperfusion. This leads to a general increase in BUN and creatinine levels, but some of the filtered BUN is reabsorbed from the proximal tubules of your kidney back into your blood. This happens with only a tiny amount of filtered creatinine. Therefore, more BUN builds up in your blood than does creatinine.

Azotemia is a fairly common problem. This is especially true if you are hospitalized. Hospital acquired azotemia occurs in around 5% of all hospital admissions.

There are several different ways that prerenal azotemia may affect you. Some of these include:

  • Decrease in urine output
  • No urine output
  • Excessive urination at night (nocturia)
  • Pale skin color
  • Dry mouth
  • Weakness and fatigue
  • Confusion
  • Rapid pulse
  • Pain in your abdomen
  • Edema (swelling)
  • Excessive thirst.

The effects from prerenal azotemia and/or other related underlying conditions may be keeping you or a loved one from working. Prerenal azotemia and/or other related underlying conditions may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

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 from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by prerenal azotemia and/or related underlying conditions? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, think about this.

You or your loved one will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and guide you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason this is true is because people who have a disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

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

A Brain AVM and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Arteriovenous malformation is what the letters AVM stands for. An AVM is a tangle of poorly formed and abnormal veins and arteries (blood vessels). An AVM has a higher rate of bleeding than normal blood vessels.

A brain AVM is when this occurs in your brain. It is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries in your brain that disrupts the normal flow of blood between these blood vessels.

Fortunately, a brain AVM is extremely rare. They happen in less than 1% of the general population of the United States.

Researchers believe that a brain AVM takes place during the development of a baby inside its mother’s womb. However, researchers do not know why this happens to some babies but not others.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having a brain AVM. Anyone can be born with a brain AVM, but boys are more likely to have one than girls. Signs and symptoms are more likely to happen before the age of 50. This is because a brain AVM tends to stay stable once you reach middle age. Pregnancy may begin or cause signs and symptoms to get worse in women because there is an increase in blood volume and flow during this time.

A brain AVM many times does not cause any signs or symptoms until it ruptures, and there is hemorrhage (bleeding) in your brain. There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have a brain AVM. Some of these are:

  • Loss of consciousness or collapse
  • Sudden onset of a severe headache
  • Seizures
  • Some type of motor paralysis
  • Sensory disturbance
  • Vomiting
  • Nausea
  • A pulsing noise in your head
  • Severe unsteadiness
  • A whooshing sound that can be heard when your skull is examined with a stethoscope
  • Numbness or weakness that is progressive
  • Problems with your speech
  • An inability to understand others.

You or a loved one may have a brain AVM. This malformation and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. A brain AVM may be why you are not able to work.

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

You or your loved one may have decided to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. In fact, you may have already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one plans on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something for you to consider. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not delay. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Aphasia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Aphasia is a language disorder that involves damage to the portions of your brain that are responsible for language. For most people, this involves the left side (hemisphere) of your brain.

Aphasia usually happens suddenly. Many times it is the result of a head injury or stroke, but it can also develop slowly, as in the case of a brain tumor.

This disorder affects the understanding and expression of language, as well as the writing and reading of it. Aphasia may occur at the same time as other speech disorders, such as apraxia of speech or dysarthria that also come from brain damage.

Although anyone can get aphasia, most of the people with this disorder are middle-aged and older. Women and men are equally affected by aphasia. It is estimated that approximately 80,000 people get aphasia each year. About one million people in the United States currently have aphasia.

There are four main types of aphasia. They are:

  • Expressive aphasia – The person knows what it is that they want to say, but they have problems writing or saying what they mean.
  • Receptive aphasia – The person sees the print or hears the voice, but they cannot make any sense out of the words.
  • Anomic aphasia – The person has trouble using the right word for places, objects or events.
  • Global aphasia – The person cannot write or read, understand speech or speak.

The amount of disability you have depends on the severity and the location of the brain damage that is the cause of aphasia.

The effects that aphasia will have on you depend on the location and severity of the brain damage. Depending on these factors, you may:

  • Say unrecognizable words
  • Speak in short, incomplete sentences
  • Speak in sentences that do not make sense
  • Interpret figurative language literally
  • Write sentences that do not make sense
  • Not be able to understand other people’s conversation.

The effects caused by aphasia may have caused someone you love to be unable to work. Aphasia may be the cause of your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, your loved one may need help? You may need financial help in caring for your loved one?

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

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits on behalf of your loved one from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by aphasia? Was your loved one denied?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent your loved one in this 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.

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

Osteomyelitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Osteomyelitis is the medical term that is used to refer to infection in a bone. Infections can start in one of your bones if some kind of trauma exposes your bone to germs. Infections can also reach one of your bones by spreading from a tissue that is close by or going through your blood stream.

Osteomyelitis usually affects the long bones in your body. These are your upper arm bone or your leg bones. Osteomyelitis can also affect your pelvis and spine.

Osteomyelitis can either be an acute or chronic condition in adults. In children it is usually an acute condition. Osteomyelitis affects around 2 out of every 10,000 people in the United States.

Osteomyelitis can be caused by a variety of bacteria and fungi. The most common is staphylococcus aureus. Other causes include:

  • Bacteria in your bloodstream that gets in a localized area of your bone
  • A minor trauma that can result in a blood clot around your bone and then a secondary infection
  • A soft tissue infection or a chronic open wound
  • Any kind of open injury to a bone where it pierces your skin
  • An infection from another place in your body that spreads to your bone through your blood stream.

There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have osteomyelitis. Some of these are:

  • Fever that is abrupt
  • Chills
  • Nausea that is a result of being sick with an infection
  • Sweating excessively
  • Tenderness and/or pain in the affected bone
  • Swelling of your legs, feet or ankles
  • Malaise (general feeling of sickness, discomfort or uneasiness)
  • Changes in your gait (the way you walk)
  • Warmth, redness and swelling in the affected bone
  • Lower back pain if your spine is affected
  • The drainage of pus through your skin
  • Lethargy or irritability in young children
  • Chronic fatigue.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with osteomyelitis. This condition and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are not able to work. It may be causing you or your loved one’s disability.

Because of this, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may have applied for the financial assistance that you need by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by osteomyelitis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it. Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one is considering appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember this. 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.

Basal Cell Carcinoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Basal cell carcinoma
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Cancer begins in your cells, the building blocks of your body. When things are going as they should, your body produces new cells as you need them, which replace old cells that die.

Sometimes this process does not work right. Old cells do not die when they should, and new cells develop even when you do not need them.

Cancer is not just one disease. It is a group of diseases. Each one of these diseases is marked by cells that are aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of your body).

Skin cancer is divided into two major groups. These are nonmelanoma and melanoma. Basal cell carcinoma is a kind of nonmelanoma skin cancer. It starts in the top layer of your skin that is called the epidermis. Basal cell carcinoma grows slowly and is painless. It is also the least likely cancer to spread in your body.

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer. 75% of all skin cancers are basal cell carcinomas. In fact, it is the most common form of any type of cancer. Over 1 million people are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma every year in just the United States alone.

If you have a new skin growth that does not heal or bleeds easily, this is a sign or indication of a possible basal cell carcinoma. It may appear only slightly different from your normal skin. Basal cell carcinoma can be a growth or bump on your skin. It may look:

  • Brown or flesh-colored
  • Waxy or pearly
  • Light pink or white.

Other signs and symptoms that may indicate the presence of basal cell carcinoma are:

  • Crusting or oozing spots in a sore
  • A sore that has a sunken area in the middle
  • Having irregular blood vessels around or in a spot
  • A scar-like sore in an area that has not been injured.

You or a loved one may have basal cell carcinoma. Although this condition would not normally qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits, basal cell carcinoma and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. It may be the reason why you need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may have already applied for this financial help by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Were you denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one decides to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this carefully. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not hesitate. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Adrenocortical Carcinoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Adrenocortical carcinoma is a cancer that begins in your adrenal cortex. This is the outside layer of your adrenal gland.

Adrenocortical carcinoma is also referred to by other names. It is also called adrenal cancer, cancer of the adrenal cortex, adrenocortical cancer and adrenal carcinoma.

Fortunately, adrenocortical carcinoma is rare. It affects one or two people per one million in population.

It usually develops in adults who are in their 30s and 40s. There is also a childhood form of the disease that usually occurs in children under 5.

Adrenocortical carcinoma may not cause any signs or symptoms in its early stage. As it progresses, there are many different signs and symptoms that this disease may produce depending on whether you are a boy or girl, man or woman and which hormone this cancer is producing too much of. Adrenocortical carcinoma can cause too much testosterone, cortisol, aldosterone or estrogen.

If there is too much testosterone in women:

  • Balding
  • No menstrual periods
  • Fine hair growth on your arms, upper back or face
  • Deepening voice
  • Acne
  • Men making too much testosterone usually have no symptoms.

If there is too much cortisol:

  • A lump of fat on the back of your neck
  • High blood pressure
  • Fine hair growth on your arms, upper back or face
  • Round, red, full face
  • High blood sugar
  • Weight gain in your neck, face and the trunk of your body with thin legs and arms
  • Muscle weakness
  • Deepening of your voice and swelling of your breasts or sex organs in both women and men.

If there is too much aldosterone:

  • Frequent urination
  • High blood pressure
  • A feeling of thirst
  • Muscle cramps or weakness.

If there is too much estrogen in women:

  • Menstrual bleeding in those who have passed through menopause
  • Irregular menstrual periods in younger women.

If there is too much estrogen in men:

  • Impotence
  • Growth of breast tissue
  • Lower sex drive.

You or your child with disability may have adrenocortical carcinoma. It may be why you are disabled and unable to work.

Do you need help because of this disability? Do you need financial assistance?

Have you applied for that financial help from the Social Security Administration for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits for you or your child with disability because of the disability caused by adrenocortical carcinoma? Were you or your child with disability turned down?

If you are planning on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something that you always need to remember. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people without a lawyer.

Hodgkin’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, January 18th, 2010
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Hodgkin’s disease is one of a group of cancers that are called lymphomas. Lymphoma is a general term for cancers that develop in your lymphatic system.

The lymphatic system is part of your body’s immune system. It helps your body fight infection and disease. Your lymphatic system is made up of a network of thin lymphatic vessels that branch, like your blood vessels, into tissues throughout your body. Lymphatic vessels carry lymph, a colorless, watery fluid that contains infection-fighting cells called lymphocytes.

Along this network of vessels are small organs called lymph nodes. Clusters of these lymph nodes are found in your neck, chest, abdomen, underarms and groin. Your spleen, bone marrow, tonsils and thymus are a part of your lymphatic system. Lymphatic tissue is also found in your skin, intestines and stomach.

Your lymphatic system produces white blood cells called lymphocytes. These are important because they help to protect you from infectious invaders like fungi, bacteria and viruses. Lymphoma develops when these lymphocytes begin to multiply uncontrollably. They produce malignant cells that have the abnormal ability to invade other tissues throughout your body.

Hodgkin’s disease is one of the two main types of lymphoma. The other main type is non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. These are classified according to some unique characteristics of the cancer cells in each type.

Hodgkin’s disease gets its name from a British doctor named Thomas Hodgkin. He first described this disorder in 1832. He also wrote down qualities of this disease that distinguish it from other lymphomas.

Hodgkin’s disease is also referred to as Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It is a rare kind of lymphoma. Hodgkin’s disease accounts for only 1% of all the cases of cancer in the United States.

Many of the beginning ways that Hodgkin’s disease may affect you are like that of the flu. In time, however, tumors will develop with Hodgkin’s disease. Other effects are:

  • Unexplained recurrent fevers and chills
  • Night sweats
  • Unexplained weight loss that can be as much as 10% or more of your body weight
  • Painless swelling of the lymph nodes in your groin, armpits or neck
  • Loss of appetite
  • Itchy skin
  • Persistent fatigue.

Because early Hodgkin’s disease may not cause pain, it is important not to wait for pain before you see your doctor.

You may have Hodgkin’s disease. You may need financial assistance.

You may have applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of your disability caused by Hodgkin’s disease. Were you denied?

If you plan to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, you may need a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in this process. The reason for this is because people who have a disability lawyer standing with them are approved more often than people who do not have an attorney.

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.