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Barbeau’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Muscular dystrophy is a term that is used to designate a group of hereditary, genetic muscle diseases. These diseases lead to progressive muscle weakness in the muscles that enable you to move.

Muscular dystrophy means that you have missing or incorrect information in your genes. There are certain proteins that you need in order to have healthy muscles. Muscular dystrophy keeps these proteins from being produced. Muscular dystrophy is something that you inherit from your parents. It is not contagious. You cannot “catch it” from someone who has it.

Muscular dystrophy causes your muscles to get weak over time. People who are afflicted with muscular dystrophy may gradually lose the ability to do things that most of us take for granted like walking or sitting up. These problems that are caused by muscular dystrophy can begin at birth or shortly after. However, they can also take place later on in childhood, adolescence or adulthood.

There are several different forms of muscular dystrophy that affect different muscle groups in different ways. Barbeau’s disease is one of the kinds of muscular dystrophy.

Barbeau’s disease is usually an adult form of the disease. The onset of Barbeau’s disease is usually when you are in your 40s or 50s. It can even occur up to around the age of 70.

Little was known about what causes any kind of muscular dystrophy until the 1980s. Then, researchers found out that it is caused by a mutated (defective) gene. There is an insufficient amount of dystrophin because of the defective gene. Dystrophin is a protein that aids in keeping your muscle cells intact. In the case of Barbeau’s disease, there is a faulty gene that is believed to make extra chemical material that causes the development of clumps in your muscle cells.

Barbeau’s disease progresses slowly. The first sign or symptom of Barbeau’s disease is usually muscle weakness of your throat and eyelids. You may have difficulty swallowing. Your may have trouble keeping your eyes open or with drooping eyelids.

As Barbeau’s disease advances, you may have other signs and symptoms. Some of these include:

  • Characteristic face
  • Progressive muscle weakness in your limbs
  • Progressive weakness in your facial muscles
  • Progressive ptosis (drooping of your eyelids)
  • Weakness and wasting (loss of muscle tissue) of your tongue.

 

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Dystrophia Myotonica and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, September 8th, 2011
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Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic (hereditary) muscle diseases. Progressive muscle weakness in your muscles that enable your body to move is what characterizes these diseases.

Muscular dystrophy involves incorrect or missing information in your genes. Proteins are stopped from being produced that are needed for healthy muscles. Muscular dystrophy is a disease that is passed down to you from your parents. It is not something that you can catch from someone who has it. Muscular dystrophy is not contagious.

Muscular dystrophy weakens your muscles with the passage of time. You may gradually lose your ability to do things that most people do not even think about, like sitting up or walking. These difficulties may have originated when you were a baby, or they can start in childhood, adolescence or adulthood.

There are several different kinds of muscular dystrophy that affect different muscle groups in different ways. Dystrophia myotonica is one of the forms of this disease.

Dystrophia myotonica is the most common kind of muscular dystrophy that starts in adulthood. It usually develops between the ages of 20 and 40. However, there is an infantile form of dystrophia myotonica. In fact, this disease can begin at any age from birth to old age.

Until the 1980s, there was not much known about what causes any type of muscular dystrophy. Then, researchers discovered that muscular dystrophy is caused by a defective gene. Not enough dystrophin is made because of the faulty gene. Dystrophin is a protein that helps keep your muscle cells intact. In the case of dystrophia myotonica, there is a repeated section of DNA on either chromosome 3 or chromosome 19.

The progression of dystrophia myotonica is slow. The disease can span 50 to 60 years.

The first signs and symptoms of dystrophia myotonica are usually generalized weakness and loss of muscle tissue (muscle wasting) in your hands, forearms, lower legs, face and neck. This is in conjunction with difficulty relaxing muscles after contracting them. Other signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

  • Mild diabetes
  • Difficulty breathing and swallowing
  • Frontal balding in men
  • Dizziness or fainting
  • Inability to concentrate
  • Problems with your digestive tract like diarrhea and constipation
  • Daytime sleepiness
  • Difficulty sleeping well at night
  • Clouding of the lenses of your eyes (cataracts).

You or your loved one may have decided 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 that has resulted from dystrophia myotonica and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other ailments that you have in conjunction with this disease. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

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MD and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, September 8th, 2011
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Most people have heard of MD (muscular dystrophy) because of the Labor Day telethon that is held each year. However, other than this, most people do not know much about MD.

 

MD refers to more than one single disease. MD is used for a group of hereditary (genetic) muscle diseases that result in progressive muscle weakness in the muscles that enable your body to move.

People with MD have incorrect or missing information in their genes that keep them from producing the proteins that are required for healthy muscles. Because MD is congenital (something you are born with), it is not something that is contagious, that you can get from someone who has it.

MD weakens your muscles over time. Children, teens and adults with this disease may gradually lose their ability to do the things that most people take for granted, like walking or sitting up. The muscle problems resulting from MD can begin when you were a baby, or they may start later on. Some adults acquire MD.

There are several different kinds of MD that can affect different muscle groups in different ways. Some of these include Duchenne MD, distal MD, Becker’s MD, myotonic MD, congenital MD, limb-girdle MD, facioscapulohumeral MD, oculopharyngeal MD and Emery-Dreifuss MD.

Somewhere around 250,000 children and adults have MD in the United States. Some forms of MD like Becker’s and Duchenne affect primarily boys.

As mentioned earlier, MD is a genetic (inherited) disease. This means that it is passed down through families. It is caused by defects (mutations) that occur in the genes that are passed down to you from your parents. Each one of the various kinds of MD is caused by a genetic mutation that is particular to that form of the disease.

There are many signs and symptoms that you may experience with MD. They will depend on the type of MD that you have. Some possible signs and symptoms include:

  • Frequent falls
  • Progressive muscular weakness or wasting
  • Poor balance
  • Pain in your calf
  • Drooping eyelids
  • Walking difficulty or waddling gait
  • The inability to walk
  • Gonadal atrophy
  • Muscle contractures
  • Scoliosis
  • Respiratory problems
  • Limited range of movement.

Some types of MD can also affect your heart. These kinds of MD can cause arrhythmias or cardiomyopathy.

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Landouzy-Dejerine Dystrophy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Muscular dystrophy is also referred to as (MD). The term muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases. These diseases cause progressive muscle weakness in the muscles that enable your body to move.

If you have muscular dystrophy, you have incorrect or missing information in your genes. Because of this, the proteins that are needed for healthy muscles are not made. Muscular dystrophy is a disease that you are born with (congenital). You cannot catch it from someone else.

Muscular dystrophy causes your muscles to weaken over time. You may gradually lose your ability to do things that are taken for granted by most people. These are things like sitting up or walking. The problems caused by muscular dystrophy can start anywhere from infancy to adulthood.

There are several different kinds of muscular dystrophy that affect different muscle groups in different ways. Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy is one of the forms of this disease.

Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy is evidenced by progressive muscle weakness and wasting (loss of muscle tissue). This usually originates in childhood or by the age of 20. However, these signs and symptoms may not be revealed until later in life or not at all. The signs and symptoms of Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy usually progress very slowly.

Not much was known about what causes any form of muscular dystrophy until the 1980s. Then, researchers discovered that it is caused by a defective (faulty) gene. There is an insufficient amount of dystrophin that is produced because of this faulty gene. Dystrophin is a protein that helps keep your muscle cells intact.

When it starts, Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy affects the muscles around your lower legs, upper arms, shoulders, mouth and eyes. Later, you may experience weakness in your abdominal muscles and sometimes your hip muscles.

There are other signs and symptoms that you may have with Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy. Some of these are:

  • Shoulder deformities
  • Problems with pronouncing words
  • Angry or depressed facial expression
  • An inability to whistle
  • Decreased facial expression
  • Abnormal heart rhythms
  • Difficulty walking
  • Drooping of your eyelids
  • Hearing loss
  • Difficulty raising your arms.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy. Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophy 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.

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Distal Myopathy and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Your proximal muscles are those that are located closest to the center of your body. These are the muscles that are located in your legs, shoulders, upper arms and pelvis.

Your distal muscles are your muscles that are situated the farthest from the center of your body. These are the muscles of your feet, hands, legs and lower arms.

Distal myopathy is a general term for a group of rare progressive genetic disorders. Distal myopathy is marked by atrophy (wasting) of your voluntary distal muscles.

Distal myopathy can begin at any age from infancy to adulthood. However, most of the forms of distal myopathy occur later in life and progress slowly.

Distal myopathy belongs to an even larger group of disorders that are known as the muscular dystrophies. The muscular dystrophies are evidenced by weakness of various voluntary muscles throughout your body. The muscular dystrophies affect different muscles and have different ages at which they begin. They also vary in inheritance patterns and severity.

The different types of distal myopathy are caused by several different genetic defects. All of these genetic defects are not known at the present time. This means that it is a disorder that you inherit from your parents. The inheritance pattern can be autosomal dominant. This means that you only have to inherit a defective gene from one of your parents in order to have the possibility of having distal myopathy. Or, this disorder can also be autosomal recessive. This means that you have to inherit a faulty gene from both of your parents in order to have the possibility of getting distal myopathy.

The primary signs and symptoms of distal myopathy are weakness and wasting (atrophy) in the muscles of your forearms, hands and lower legs. In time, however, other muscle groups may be affected.

As mentioned earlier, the signs and symptoms of distal myopathy usually progress slowly. Other possible signs and symptoms that you may experience are:

  • Frequent falls
  • Heart problems
  • Difficulty walking
  • Joint contractures
  • A waddling gait.
  • Impaired hand function
  • A weak grasp.

The specific signs and symptoms, severity and progression of distal myopathy vary greatly, even among members of the same family with this disorder. Distal myopathy does not affect your intellect.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with distal myopathy. Distal myopathy and/or complications that have developed from it or other illnesses that you have along with this disorder may have caused you or your loved one’s disability and inability to work.

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Benign Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, May 23rd, 2011
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Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases. These diseases result in progressive muscle weakness in the muscles that enable your body to move.

If you have muscular dystrophy, you have missing or incorrect information in your genes. This stops you from producing the proteins that you need for healthy muscles. Muscular dystrophy is a congenital disease. This means that it is something you are born with. It is not something that is contagious.

Muscular dystrophy weakens your muscles as time goes by. This disease causes you to gradually lose your ability to do the things that most people take for granted like walking or sitting up.

The difficulties resulting from muscular dystrophy may have begun when you were a baby, or they may have started in childhood, adolescence or adulthood.

There are several different kinds of muscular dystrophy that affect different muscle groups in different ways. Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is one of the forms of this disease.

Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of your legs and pelvis. It is a form of dystrophinopathy where there is not enough dystrophin made in your muscle cells. This leads to instability in the structure of your muscle cell membrane.

Benign pseudohypertrophic dystrophy is like Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The main difference is that its progression of muscle weakness occurs at a much slower rate. It is also far less predictable than Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is a disease that nearly always affects boys. It is rare when a girl is affected by this disease.

The signs and symptoms of benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy usually start in adolescence or adulthood. Possible signs and symptoms are:

  • Frequent falls
  • Muscle deformities like the enlargement of your calf muscles
  • Skeletal deformities in your back and chest
  • Slowly progressive muscle weakness as in difficulty walking, running, jumping or hopping
  • Wasting (loss of muscle mass)
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Loss of coordination and balance
  • Heart disease
  • Walking on toes
  • Fatigue
  • Cognitive problems that do not get worse with time
  • Walking on toes.

You or a loved one may have benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy. Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy and/or complications that have been caused by it or other conditions that you have in addition to this disease may have brought about the disability of you or your loved one and be what is preventing you from working.

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Distal Muscular Dystrophy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Muscular dystrophy is also known as (MD). Muscular dystrophy is used for a group of hereditary, genetic, muscle diseases that are characterized by progressive muscle weakness in the muscles that help your body move.

Incorrect or missing information in your genes is what causes muscular dystrophy. In order to have healthy muscles, certain proteins are needed. Muscular dystrophy prevents these from being made. Muscular dystrophy is not contagious. You cannot catch it from someone who has the disease.

Your muscles are weakened over time by muscular dystrophy. The ability to do things that most people take for granted like walking or sitting up is lost by children, teens and adults who have this disease. These problems caused by muscular dystrophy can begin at birth or shortly after. Sometimes, they can also start later on in childhood, adolescence or adulthood.

There are several different kinds of muscular dystrophy that affect different muscle groups in different ways. Distal muscular dystrophy is one of the types of this disease.

Distal muscular dystrophy was first described in 1902. It usually begins in middle age or even later. However, it can begin in childhood.

Distal muscular dystrophy is really a group of diseases rather than a single disease. Just as there are several forms of muscular dystrophy, there are also different types of distal muscular dystrophy.

This disease affects your distal muscles. These are the muscles that are farthest away from your shoulders and hips. These are the muscles in your hands, lower arms, feet and lower legs.

The primary signs and symptoms of distal muscular dystrophy are wasting and weakness in the muscles of your hands, forearms and lower legs. In time, however, other muscle groups may be affected.

The signs and symptoms of this disease usually progress slowly. Other possible signs and symptoms that you may experience include:

  • Difficulty walking
  • Frequent falls
  • A waddling gait
  • Joint contractures
  • Heart problems

Your intellect is not affected by distal muscular dystrophy.

You or your child with disability may have been diagnosed with distal muscular dystrophy. This disease may be why you or your child with disability is disabled. This disorder may be why you need financial assistance.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration for you or your child with disability because of the disability caused by distal muscular dystrophy? Were you or your child with disability denied?

If you decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, please pay close attention to this. People who are represented in the appeals process by a disability lawyer like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com are approved more often than those people who are not represented by an attorney.

Please do not put this off. This is something that may affect you or your child with disability for the rest of their life. Contact the dependable disability lawyer at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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