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Fanconi Renal Tubular Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Fanconi renal tubular syndrome refers to a group of kidney problems that are due to a variety of seemingly unrelated disorders. These kidney difficulties lead to thirst and excessive urine production. This brings about deficits of potassium, calcium, magnesium, water and other substances in your body. This, in turn, may cause stunted growth and bone disease.

When your kidneys function in the way that they ought to, they maintain your blood’s acidity, water and salt in balance, and they cleanse your blood. The acidity, water and salt that your body does not require is placed into urine. This is so that it may get out of your body. The water, salt and acidity that your body has to have is left behind in your blood.

This essential work of your kidneys is performed in two steps. First, your blood is filtered through a kidney structure that contains small holes that enable the large molecules and cells to stay in your blood. Second, some of the small molecules in the filtrate that your body has to have are reabsorbed and placed back into your bloodstream.

Fanconi renal tubular syndrome is marked by a defect in this second step of reabsorption. As a result, substances that are supposed to be reabsorbed, such as phosphate, calcium, bicarbonate, glucose, potassium, magnesium, small proteins and water are lost. What this results in is your body becoming overly acidic.

Fanconi renal tubular syndrome can be the result of genetic defects. This syndrome may  also be brought about by different environmental elements.

Fanconi renal tubular syndrome may also be caused by several genetic disorders. Some of these are:

  • Tyrosinemia
  • Wilson disease
  • Lowe syndrome
  • Galactosemia
  • glycogen storage disease
  • Medullary cystic disease
  • Hereditary fructose intolerance.

There are also several environmental factors that may lead to Fanconi renal tubular syndrome. Some of these include:

Ÿ  Exposure to heavy metals like uranium, mercury, lead, cadmium and platinum

Ÿ  Exposure to substances, such as toluene, the amino acid lysine when taken as a nutritional supplement, paraquat and Lysol

Ÿ  Kidney transplantation

Ÿ  Certain drugs like outdated tetracycline and gentamicin.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may have, which may be an indication of Fanconi renal tubular syndrome. Some of these are:

  • A decrease in the levels of calcium and phosphate in your blood, along with excessive blood acidity and increased levels of chloride in your blood
  • Anorexia nervosa (eating disorder)
  • Vomiting
  • An increase in the levels of phosphate, calcium, glucose, uric acid, amino acids and protein in your urine
  • An excessive amount of urination and urine being produced
  • Dehydration
  • An excessive amount of thirst

You may have been diagnosed with Fanconi renal tubular syndrome. If this is your situation, you may qualify to receive social security disability benefits like SSI or SSDI. A smart move on your part would be to consult one of the social security attorneys at disabilitycasereview.com about this. The social security attorneys at disabilitycasereview.com are standing ready to help you receive the disability benefits that are rightfully yours.

 

 

 

 

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Pemphigus Foliaceus and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease that is evidenced by raw and blistering sores on your mucous membranes and skin. Pemphigus is associated sometimes with the use of Penicillamine. This is a drug that is used in the treatment of Wilson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and scleroderma.

There are three forms of pemphigus that vary in severity. They are pemphigus vulgaris, paraneoplastic pemphigus and pemphigus foliaceus.

Pemphigus foliaceus is a blistering disease of your skin. It is marked by characteristic lesions that are scaly, crusted erosions. They are often located on an erythematous (redness of the skin) base. No clinically apparent mucosal involvement is present even with widespread disease.

Pemphigus foliaceus occurs when antibodies from your autoimmune system attack proteins that are called desmogleins. These proteins bind your skin cells to each other. When this happens, cells in your epidermis (the top layer of your skin) are separated and blisters form.

Pemphigus foliaceus is the least severe form of pemphigus. It is more common than paraneoplastic pemphigus, but it is not as common as pemphigus vulgaris.

Pemphigus foliaceus can develop in anyone at any age. However, this disease occurs most frequently in people who are elderly and middle aged. It is rare in children. Pemphigus foliaceus occurs most often in people who are of Middle Eastern, Jewish or Mediterranean descent.

The specific cause of pemphigus foliaceus is not known. As mentioned at the beginning, pemphigus foliaceus is considered to be an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is one where for some unknown reason your body’s autoimmune system mistakenly attacks the cells and tissues of your own body. In the case of pemphigus foliaceus, your autoimmune system sends antibodies to attack your desmogleins, the proteins that bind your skin cells to each other.

The signs and symptoms that you experience with pemphigus foliaceus usually begin with blisters that form on your face and scalp. This is usually followed later on by blisters that erupt on your back and chest. These blisters are usually itchy and crusty, but they are not normally painful.

The blisters caused by pemphigus foliaceus do not usually affect your mucous membranes. These blisters may rupture and leave open sores. If this happens, they may ooze and become infected.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with pemphigus foliaceus. Pemphigus foliaceus and/or complications that have arisen from it or other ailments that you have besides this disease may have led to the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

If this is the case, 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 that has resulted from pemphigus foliaceus and/or complications that have arisen from it or other ailments that you have besides this disease. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is intending to reapply or appeal the denial, here is a crucial fact that you really ought to think carefully about that you may not be aware of. The fact is that people who have a disability lawyer on their side 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 delay, but act now. This is something that could mean so much to you or your loved one. Contact the disability lawyer at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Wilson’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Wilson’s disease or hepatolenticular degeneration is a genetic disorder that prevents your body from getting rid of extra copper. It causes too much copper to accumulate in your brain, liver, eyes and other vital organs.

Small amounts of copper obtained from the food you eat are needed for good health. Copper plays a key role in the development of your bones, collagen, healthy nerves and the skin pigment melanin, but too much copper is poisonous. Over time, high copper levels can cause life-threatening organ damage.

Normally, copper is absorbed from your food. Any excess is then excreted through bile. Bile is a digestive fluid that is produced in your liver. For people with Wilson’s disease, copper is not eliminated properly. Instead, it accumulates to what can be a life-threatening level.

Wilson’s disease is a rare disorder that affects about one in 40,000 people. The disease can show up in a variety of ways, but it can also be silent for years. The signs and symptoms usually begin between the ages of 6 and 20, but they can begin as late as age 40.

The effects caused by Wilson’s disease depend on where the copper buildup is in your body. When copper builds up in your liver, you may have signs and symptoms of chronic liver disease like:

  • Fluid buildup in your abdomen or legs
  • A tendency to bruise easily
  • Fatigue
  • Swelling of your spleen or liver
  • Jaundice or yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes.

When copper builds up in your central nervous system, you may experience neurological effects including:

  • Stiffness in your muscles
  • Uncontrolled movements or tremors
  • Behavioral changes
  • Problems with swallowing, speech or physical coordination.

Other effects of Wilson’s disease are:

  • Slower blood clotting
  • Premature arthritis and osteoporosis
  • Anemia
  • Low white blood cell count or low platelet
  • High levels of protein, carbohydrates, amino acids and uric acid in your urine.

Wilson’s disease and/or conditions along with or resulting from it may be why you or a loved one is unable to work. 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 assistance.

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 Wilson’s disease and/or conditions related to or resulting from this disorder? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one plans to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something important that you need to consider. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

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