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Ankylosing Spondylitis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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You probably already know that arthritis is a disease that affects the joints of your body.  Did you know that there are over 100 types of arthritis, and that some also affect your organs and other parts of your body?

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that is known by several names. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is also known as Bechterew’s disease, Bechterew syndrome, Marie Strümpell disease, Marie Struempell disease and spondyloarthritis.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic, painful, degenerative inflammatory arthritis that primarily affects your spine and sacroiliac joints. It causes eventual fusion of your spine.

Ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease. What this means is that it causes your immune system to attack your joints. Besides this feature of the disease, ankylosing spondylitis also has in common with rheumatoid arthritis that they are both inflammatory joint diseases.

Only 0.25% of the population of the United States is affected by ankylosing spondylitis.  There are three times as many men as there are women who are affected with this disease.

There are several ways in which ankylosing spondylitis may affect you. Some of the early signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis are pain and stiffness in your lower back and hips. Later, the stiffness can include your shoulders, knees and feet. In the advanced stages of this disease you may experience:

§  Fatigue

§  Weight loss

§  Chronic stooping

§  Loss of appetite

§  Bowel inflammation

§  Eye inflammation

§  Restricted chest expansion.

As ankylosing spondylitis grows more serious, the effects that it causes may make it hard for you to get and hold a job. It may be the cause of you or a loved one’s disability.

If this is you or your loved one’s situation, do you need assistance? Are you in need of financial help?

Where will it come from? Who will help you?

Have you or your loved one applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by ankylosing spondylitis? Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

If so, you may be wondering what to do now? You may wonder what options you have open to you.

One option that you or your loved one has is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something for you to keep in mind.

You or your loved one will need an established disability lawyer like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com to advise and counsel you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason that this is true is because people who have an experienced disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not put this off. Do not wait. This may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the good disability attorney at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Bechterew’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
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Arthritis is a disease that affects the joints of your body. Over 100 types of arthritis have been identified, and there are some forms of the disease that also affect your organs and other parts of your body.

Bechterew’s disease is a painful, chronic, degenerative inflammatory arthritis that primarily affects your spine and sacroiliac joints. It eventually results in fusion of your spine.

Bechterew’s disease is an autoimmune disease. This is a disease in which your own immune system mistakenly attacks your own body. In this case, Bechterew’s disease causes your immune system to attack your joints. In addition to this aspect of the disease, Bechterew’s disease is also like rheumatoid arthritis in that they are both inflammatory joint diseases.

Fortunately, Bechterew’s disease is a rare disease. Only about 0.25% of the population of the United States is affected by Bechterew’s disease. Men are affected three times as often as women by this disease.

There is no known cause of Bechterew’s disease, but genetic factors seem to have a part in causing this disease. People with a gene called HLA-B27 seem to have a higher risk of developing Bechterew’s disease.

As mentioned earlier, Bechterew’s disease is considered to be an autoimmune disease in which your body attacks itself. However, no one knows what causes your immune system to mistakenly do this.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of getting Bechterew’s disease. Some of these are:

  • Having the gene HLA-B27
  • Being a man
  • Being in late adolescence or early adulthood.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with Bechterew’s disease. Some of the beginning signs and symptoms of this disease are stiffness and pain in your hips and lower back. Later on, this stiffness may include your feet, knees and shoulders. In the advanced stages of Bechterew’s disease, signs and symptoms that you may have are:

§  Loss of appetite

§  Restricted expansion of your chest

§  Chronic stooping

§  Fatigue

§  Eye inflammation

§  Unintentional weight loss

§  Bowel inflammation.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with Bechterew’s disease. This disease and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disease may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

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

You or your loved one may be intending 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 been caused by Bechterew’s disease and/or complications that have been caused by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disease. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is planning on reapplying or appealing the denial, there is an important fact that you really ought to think carefully about that you may not have heard of. The fact of the matter is that people who have a disability lawyer working for them like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not wait. This is a matter of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact the disability lawyer at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Sacroiliitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, December 3rd, 2010
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Sacroiliitis is an inflammation of either one or both of your sacroiliac joints that connect your lower spine to your pelvis.  Sacroiliitis occurs when your sacroiliac joint between the sacrum, or base or your spine, and ilium, or pelvic bone, becomes inflamed or infected.

Your sacroiliac joints (SI joints) have a limited range of motion when compared with other major joints in your body, such as your elbow or knee. With sacroiliitis, even the slightest movements of your spine can be extremely uncomfortable or even painful.

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is another condition of the sacroiliac joint. It differs from sacroiliitis in that its origin is a disruption in the normal movement of the joint (too much or too little movement in the joint).

Sacroiliitis is a rheumatic disease. This means that it involves pain and inflammation in your joints or muscles.

Many of these rheumatic diseases are not limited to inflammation of your joints. They extend to other organs of your body, such as your lungs, kidneys, blood vessels, heart, skin, eyes and your nervous system.

There are several different things that can cause sacroiliitis. Some of these causes are:

  • Spondyloarthropathies, which include ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis that is associated with psoriasis and others
  • Pregnancy can also cause sacroiliitis because the pelvis has to stretch to enable childbirth
  • Heavy lifting, if your muscles are not properly prepared or you lift incorrectly
  • Infection of your sacroiliac joint that can be caused by bacteria in your food
  • Osteoarthritis of your spine
  • A sudden impact or traumatic injury like a fall or car accident.

There are several ways that you may be affected by sacroiliitis. These include:

  • Inflammation in one or both of your eyes
  • Psoriasis, which is an inflammation of your skin
  • Pain that affects your shoulders and hips
  • Diarrhea that is bloody
  • Stiffness and pain in your lower back, buttocks or thighs, especially when you have been sitting for long periods of time or when you get up in the morning
  • A low-grade fever that appears quickly
  • Pain that gets worse when you walk.

Sacroiliitis may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

If this is so, you 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 sacroiliitis? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, consider this.

You may need a disability lawyer like the one at Social Security Home to represent you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
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Your sacroiliac joint is the joint between the sacrum, at the base of your spine, and the ilium of your pelvis, which are joined by ligaments. It is a strong, weightbearing synovial joint with irregular elevations and depressions that produce interlocking of your bones.

Inflammation of this joint may be caused by sacroiliitis, which is one cause of disabling low back pain. With sacroiliitis, you may experience pain in your low back, buttocks and thighs, and you may also have other signs and symptoms of a rheumatic condition, such as inflammation in your eyes or psoriasis.

Another condition of the sacroiliac joint is called sacroiliac joint dysfunction. While sacroiliac joint dysfunction also causes low back and leg pain and results from inflammation of the sacroiliac joint, it differs from sacroiliitis in that its origin is a disruption in the normal movement of the joint (too much or too little movement in the joint).

There are several different terms for sacroiliac joint problems including SI joint inflammation, SI joint strain, SI joint dysfunction and SI joint syndrome. Each of these terms refers to a condition that causes pain in your sacroiliac joints from a variety of causes.

Joint dysfunction refers to the failure of a joint in your body to function the way it should.  Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is the term used when your sacroiliac joint is not functioning properly and is causing you problems.

Any condition that alters your normal walking pattern puts increased stress on your sacroiliac joint and could play a role in causing sacroiliac joint dysfunction. One leg being longer than the other, pain in your foot, ankle, knee or hip are examples of other things that can cause this dysfunction.

The most usual way that you are affected by sacroiliac joint dysfunction is pain. This pain is usually in your lower back or the back of your hips. However, the pain can also be in your groin and thighs. The pain is usually made worse by standing and walking. It is usually relieved by lying down. There can also be a burning sensation or stiffness in your pelvis.

You or a loved one may have sacroiliac joint dysfunction. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, you or your loved one may need help? You may need financial help?

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 sacroiliac joint dysfunction? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, remember this. People who are represented in the appeals procedure by a disability attorney like the one you will find here are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

Do not delay. Find an advocate to help you with your appeal.

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