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Nasopharyngeal Cancer and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Human thyroid with cancer nodules

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Cancer is a disease that originates in the basic building blocks of your body. This is your cells. Mutations (defects) develop in your cells.

The result of this is that old cells do not die when they should, and new cells are made even though you do not need them.

A mass (tumor) can form from these excess cells. These tumors are either benign or malignant. Benign tumors are not cancer. Malignant ones are cancer.

Cancer is much larger and wider than a single disease. It is a large group of diseases. Cancer is marked by cells that are invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue), aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of the body).

There are many different kinds of cancer. Cancer is usually named by where it originates in your body. For example, thyroid cancer begins in your thyroid gland. Gallbladder cancer begins in your gallbladder. Cancer may metastasize (spread) to other areas of your body, but it is still designated by where it began in your body.

Nasopharyngeal cancer is one of the many different types of cancer. It is cancer that originates in your nasopharynx. Your nasopharynx is the uppermost area of your throat (pharynx). Your nasopharynx is situated where your auditory tubes and nasal passages join the rest of your upper respiratory tract. This is above the back of your throat and behind your nose.

Nasopharyngeal cancer results from genetic mutations (defects) that occur in the squamous cells that line the surface of your nasopharynx. These mutations cause your normal cells to begin to grow out of control and invade surrounding surfaces. In time, they will metastasize (spread) to other areas of your body. However, no one knows what causes these genetic mutations to occur.

Nasopharyngeal cancer does not usually display any signs or symptoms in the beginning stages of the disease. Later, as the disease progresses, possible signs and symptoms may include:

  • Nasal congestion that is on one side of your nose
  • Headaches
  • A lump in your neck that results from a swollen lymph node
  • Pain in your face and neck
  • A bloody discharge from your nose
  • Double vision
  • Hearing loss that occurs in one ear
  • Ear infections that develop frequently
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Leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
A Wright's stained bone marrow aspirate smear ...

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The word “leukemia” comes from two Greek words that mean “white” and “blood”. Leukemia is a form of cancer that affects your bone marrow or blood. It is characterized by an abnormal abundance of blood cells, which are usually white blood cells (lymphocytes).

Leukemia is a term that covers a wide spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part of an even broader group of diseases that are referred to as hematological neoplasms. These are forms of cancer that affect your lymph nodes, blood and bone marrow. These kinds of cancer are closely related through your immune system. A disease that affects one of these three, many times will affect the others as well.

More than 40,000 new cases of some type of leukemia are diagnosed each year in the United States. Over 200,000 people are thought to be living with some kind of leukemia in the United States.

Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis is one of the many forms of leukemia. This disease affects B cells. These are a type of white blood cells. Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis is marked by your bone marrow making too many of these B cells. These excess B cells are not normal, and their appearance is hairy under a microscope. Less and less healthy platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells are produced as these abnormal B cells increase.

Fortunately, leukemic reticuloendotheliosis is a rare kind of leukemia. About 2% of all leukemias are this type.

The average age at the onset of leukemic reticuloendotheliosis is 55. This disease affects men more than it does women.

Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis is caused by defects (mutations) that take place in your B cells. However, no one knows why these changes occur.

Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis may not be evidenced by any signs or symptoms. When signs and symptoms do occur, they are not unique to this disease. They are signs and symptoms that are common to several diseases and conditions. Possible signs and symptoms are:

 

  • Fatigue
  • Swollen lymph glands
  • Weakness
  • Unintended weight loss
  • Sweating excessively, especially at night
  • Recurring infections
  • Not being able to eat more than a little bit at a time because of a feeling of fullness in your abdomen
  • Bruising easily.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with leukemic reticuloendotheliosis. Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis and/or complications that have been caused by it or other disorders that you have besides this disease may have led to the disability of you or your loved one and be what is keeping you from being able to work.

You may need assistance because of this. You may need financial help.

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