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Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, May 21st, 2011
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Cerebral palsy is a term that refers to a group of chronic disorders that affect body movement and muscle coordination. Cerebral palsy is caused by some form of brain damage that occurs either during pregnancy, during delivery or shortly after delivery.

There are several different kinds of cerebral palsy. They are classified by the way that they affect you. Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is one of the forms of this disorder.

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is sometimes confused with adult onset dystonia because the signs and symptoms are the same. However, dyskinetic cerebral palsy is not degenerative, but adult onset dystonia is.

Over 750,000 children and adults have some type of cerebral palsy. About one out of four people with cerebral palsy have dyskinetic cerebral palsy.

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is caused by damage to your basal ganglia or cerebellum. The basal ganglia are situated in your midbrain. These are the areas of your brain that are responsible for processing the signals that enable you to move in a smooth, coordinated way. They are also what enable you to maintain body posture.

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is a type of athetonia. Athetonia refers to a condition that is evidenced by slow, twisting, involuntary muscle movement. This is the main sign or symptom of dyskinetic cerebral palsy.

This slow, twisting movement usually affects your hands, arms, feet or legs. Sometimes, it can affect the muscles of your tongue and face.

There is also a mixed muscle tone that characterizes this type of cerebral palsy. Some are too high and some are too low.

The signs and symptoms that you experience will depend on the severity of your disorder. Other signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • An inability to stand still
  • Difficulty controlling your tongue or your breathing
  • Excessive facial movements
  • Fluctuations in muscle tone that alternates between too low and too high
  • Grimacing
  • Problems holding objects or making precise movements
  • Drooling
  • Random, jerky, rapid involuntary movements
  • Speech impairments
  • Heightened twisting movements during times of emotional stress
  • Difficulty walking or sitting upright.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with dyskinetic cerebral palsy. Dyskinetic cerebral palsy and/or complications that have resulted from it or other illnesses that you have besides this disorder may have led to you or your loved one’s disability and be what is keeping you from working.

As a result, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be thinking about applying for the financial assistance 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 dyskinetic cerebral palsy and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other illnesses that you have besides this disorder. You may have already tried this option, and your claim was turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is considering reapplying or appealing the denial, you really should keep this important fact in mind that you may not be aware of. The fact is that people who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer on their side.

Please do not delay or put this off until tomorrow. Contact the disability attorney at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Chronic Fatigue and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

To begin with, chronic fatigue is not the same thing as chronic fatigue syndrome. Chronic fatigue syndrome is one of several names given to a poorly understood, highly debilitating, multi-symptom disorder of uncertain causes.

Chronic fatigue, on the other hand, is a common effect caused by many diseases. Chronic fatigue is a feeling or sensation of exhaustion during or after usual daily activities; or a lack of energy to begin those activities.

Most of us experience fatigue at one time or another in our lives. Chronic fatigue is when the feeling or sensation of exhaustion continues for over 6 months.

Obviously, the primary way in which you are affected by chronic fatigue is that feeling or sensation of exhaustion. Chronic fatigue is feeling like you just do not have any energy at all. Chronic fatigue, in turn, is a sign or symptom of several chronic conditions like:

  • Lupus
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Rheumatoid arthritis.

Chronic fatigue is not a condition, disability, disorder or disease. As mentioned above, it is an effect that is caused by many diseases. Chronic fatigue is what you are experiencing.

You or a loved one may have chronic fatigue. You may think that it is why you cannot work. You may think that chronic fatigue is what is causing you or your loved one’s disability.

Even though chronic fatigue may be the primary way that you or your loved one is being affected, it is not the real cause of your disability. Whatever the underlying condition or conditions are that are causing you or your loved one’s chronic fatigue is the real cause of your disability.

If this is true, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance because of your disability that is characterized by chronic fatigue.

Who can and will help you? Where will the financial assistance that you or your loved one needs come from? Who can you look to?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability whose primary sign or symptom is chronic fatigue? Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

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

You will need a confident disability lawyer like the one that you will find at disabilitycasereview.com to represent and guide you in what can be a long and arduous process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a caring disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

This is something that could affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Do not wait. Do not put this off. Contact the dependable disability attorney at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Bronchitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
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Bronchitis is a medical condition that happens when the inner walls that line the main air passageways of your lungs become inflamed and infected. These are the passageways that carry air to and from your lungs. Bronchitis occurs when your trachea (windpipe) and the large and small bronchi (airways) become infected and inflamed.

There are two types of bronchitis, acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis may last for several days or weeks. Chronic bronchitis lasts for more than three months in two consecutive years.

Bronchitis is a common condition. Acute bronchitis often develops from a cold or other respiratory infection. Chronic bronchitis is a more serious condition. It is a constant irritation or inflammation of the lining of your bronchial tubes.

One of the primary ways that bronchitis may affect you is with a cough that brings up green or yellowish-gray mucus. Acute bronchitis can also come with other common signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. Some of these include:

§  Chest congestion

§  Sinus fullness

§  Wheezing

§  Breathlessness

§  Low fever and chills

§  Sore throat

§  Soreness and a feeling of tightness in your chest

§  Overall feeling of sickness.

Ordinarily, bronchitis would not be a disabling condition that would keep you from getting and holding a job. However, chronic bronchitis and complications along with or resulting from this disease can be debilitating. This disease and complications along with or resulting from it may be the cause of the disability of you or a loved one.

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

Who will give you the financial help that you need? Where can you go? Who can you call on?

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 bronchitis and complications resulting from or along with this condition? 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 option that you or your loved one has is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something for you to think about and consider.

You or your loved one is going to need the advice and direction of a smart disability lawyer like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com to stand with you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason that this is true is because people who are represented by a skilled disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not hesitate. This is something that may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the tried and true disability attorney at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Arthralgia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Arthralgia literally means joint pain. It is the medical term that is used for pain in one of your joints. Polyarthralgia is the term that is used when you have pain in more than one joint.

Arthralgia is not the same thing as arthritis. Arthritis is the diagnosis of a complex disease that refers to over 100 separate conditions. Arthralgia is a sign or symptom not a disease or diagnosis.

Arthralgia is one of the most common and prominent signs or symptoms of many forms of arthritis. However, arthralgia is also a sign or symptom of many different diseases, illnesses, infections or injuries. Arthralgia can even be an allergic reaction to medication.

It is not possible to know how many people are affected by arthralgia because it is a sign or symptom of so many different diseases and conditions. However, it is a problem that virtually everyone will experience at some time in your life. What is known is that arthralgia is more common in women than in men, and the prevalence of this symptom increases with your age.

There are many different illnesses, conditions, diseases, infections and injuries that can cause arthralgia. Here is a list of some of the possible causes of this condition including:

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Bursitis
  • Gout
  • Repetitive strain
  • Lupus
  • Infectious diseases
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia
  • Lyme disease.

While arthralgia is a sign or symptom rather than a disease, there are signs and symptoms of arthralgia that vary according to what the underlying cause of this difficulty is. Some of these are:

  • Pain in your joints
  • Stiffness
  • Redness
  • May include swelling
  • Symptoms of whatever your underlying cause is
  • Joint pain.

You or a loved one may have arthralgia. Arthralgia may be the main sign or symptom of an underlying condition and/or complications that have resulted from that condition that has caused you or your loved one’s disability. This condition may be keeping you or your loved one from working.

Because of this, 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 because of the disability caused by an underlying condition and/or complications that have resulted from that condition in which your main sign or symptom is arthralgia. You or your loved one may have already tried this option, and your application was denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is intending on reapplying or appealing the denial, here is an important fact to keep in mind. The fact is that people who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer in their corner.

Please do not wait or put this off until tomorrow. This is a matter of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact us today and we will put you in touch with a disability lawyer who can help you appeal your denial of benefits.

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Conversion Disorder and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, October 11th, 2010
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You find yourself in a situation where you are afraid to talk. Then, following the situation, you lose your voice and are unable to speak. What caused this to happen?

You may have a neurological disorder called conversion disorder. This is a disorder where physical symptoms are unconsciously caused by a traumatic or stressful situation.

Conversion disorder is one of several psychological disorders that are called somatoform disorders. These are psychological disorders that are marked by physical symptoms that have no discernable physical cause.

Conversion disorder is also known by other names. It is also referred to as hysterical neurosis, conversion type and Briquet’s syndrome.

Fortunately, conversion disorder is rare. It can show up at any age, but it usually develops from late childhood to early adulthood. It has been estimated that women outnumber men with this psychological disorder as much as 6 to 1.

The signs and symptoms of conversion disorder usually affect your senses or your movement. Things like your ability to see, hear, walk or swallow are examples of what may be affected by this disorder.

It is well to remember that the signs and symptoms of conversion disorder are involuntary. In other words, you have no control over them. You do not consciously act out or pretend to have these signs and symptoms.

The signs and symptoms of conversion disorder usually happen suddenly after a traumatic or stressful event. There are several different signs and symptoms that you may experience. These include:

  • Loss of one of your senses like deafness or blindness
  • Crawling or tingling sensations
  • Impairment of your balance or coordination
  • Loss of sensation in a part of your body
  • Loss of the sense of pain
  • Paralysis of a leg or arm
  • The sensation of a lump in your throat or a problem swallowing
  • Convulsions or seizures
  • Inability to speak
  • Problems with walking
  • Urinary retention
  • Hallucinations.

You or a loved one may have conversion disorder. This disorder and/or complications resulting from it may be the reason why you are not able to work. It may be causing you or your loved one’s disability.

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

You or your loved one may be thinking about applying for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by conversion disorder and/or complications resulting from this condition. Have you or your loved one tried this option already and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one is considering appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, think about this. People who have a disability attorney 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 lawyer.

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